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Minocqua Lake - SW Sub-Basin (WIDNR_WQX-443174) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (identifier WIDNR_WQX), has the name "Minocqua Lake - SW Sub-Basin" and has the identifier WIDNR_WQX-443174. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07070001.

This site is located in Oneida County County, Wisconsin at 45.8633300000 degrees latitude and -89.7122240000 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 "WIDNR_WQX-443174" 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 1991 - 1991
Information 1991 - 1991
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1991 - 1991
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1991 - 1991
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 1991
Nutrient 1991 - 1991
Physical 1991 - 1991
*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 WIDNR_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WIDNR_WQX-443174
MonitoringLocationName Minocqua Lake - SW Sub-Basin
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText STATION FOR BOB YOUNG OF RHINELANDER, WI (715)362-7616 AT DEEPEST POINT IN THE SOUTHWEST BAY OF MINOCQUA LAKE (WEST OF HWY 51 AND SOUTH OF THE OLD RR TRESTLE). FOR WATER QUALITY CLASSIFICA- TION AND TREND MONITORING AS PART OF THE MINOCQUA
HUCEightDigitCode 07070001
LatitudeMeasure 45.8633300000
LongitudeMeasure -89.7122240000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 085
ProviderName STORET