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Mirror Lake - Site 1 South Basin Near Boat Landing (WIDNR_WQX-573079) 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 "Mirror Lake - Site 1 South Basin Near Boat Landing" and has the identifier WIDNR_WQX-573079. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07070003.

This site is located in Sauk County County, Wisconsin at 43.5706830000 degrees latitude and -89.8126300000 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-573079" 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 1996 - 2025
Information 1987 - 2023
Nutrient 1996 - 2025
Physical 1987 - 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 WIDNR_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WIDNR_WQX-573079
MonitoringLocationName Mirror Lake - Site 1 South Basin Near Boat Landing
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText STATION FOR MARY WAGNER OF MADISON (608)261-6429 THIS IS THE DEEPEST SPOT DIRECTLY OUT FROM THE LANDING AT MIRROR LAKE STATE PARK. IT IS A SELF-HELP SITE.
HUCEightDigitCode 07070003
LatitudeMeasure 43.5706830000
LongitudeMeasure -89.8126300000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 12000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 111
ProviderName STORET