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G CAL LAGOON MIDDLE LAGOON S SHORE NR E CHICAGO IN (IN033-413653087162301) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS Indiana Water Science Center (identifier USGS-IN), has the name "G CAL LAGOON MIDDLE LAGOON S SHORE NR E CHICAGO IN" and has the identifier IN033-413653087162301. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04040001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Lake County County, Indiana at 41.61465830000000 degrees latitude and -87.2730694000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)" and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 588 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model" is 1.6 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "IN033-413653087162301" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2018 - 2018
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2018
*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 USGS-IN
OrganizationFormalName USGS Indiana Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier IN033-413653087162301
MonitoringLocationName G CAL LAGOON MIDDLE LAGOON S SHORE NR E CHICAGO IN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.61465830000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.2730694000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 588
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1.6
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 089
ProviderName NWIS