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BIG SUGAR BUSH (WEARTH_WQX-03-0304-00-205) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (White Earth Band) (Tribal) (identifier WEARTH_WQX), has the name "BIG SUGAR BUSH" and has the identifier WEARTH_WQX-03-0304-00-205. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020106.

This site is located in Becker County County, Minnesota at 47.0375720000 degrees latitude and -95.7780050000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "WEARTH_WQX-03-0304-00-205" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2017 - 2023
Information 2014 - 2023
Microbiological 2017 - 2023
Nutrient 2017 - 2023
Physical 2014 - 2023
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier WEARTH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (White Earth Band) (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WEARTH_WQX-03-0304-00-205
MonitoringLocationName BIG SUGAR BUSH
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 4 MI SE OF WHITE EARTH. AREA: 191.0 HECTARE M. BASIN CODE: 230158. MAX DEPTH: 12.8 M.
HUCEightDigitCode 09020106
LatitudeMeasure 47.0375720000
LongitudeMeasure -95.7780050000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET