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Cross Lake near Bird Islands at Shreveport, LA (USGS-323108093533901) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This land site, maintained by the USGS Louisiana Water Science Center (identifier USGS-LA), has the name "Cross Lake near Bird Islands at Shreveport, LA" and has the identifier USGS-323108093533901. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11140304. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Caddo Parish County, Louisiana at 32.51888889000000 degrees latitude and -93.8941667000000 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.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-323108093533901" 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, Cyanobacteria 2009 - 2011
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2011
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2009 - 2011
Information 2009 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Microbiological 2009 - 2011
Nutrient 2009 - 2011
Organics, Other 2009 - 2011
Organics, PCBs 2009 - 2009
Organics, Pesticide 2009 - 2011
Physical 2009 - 2011
Radiochemical 2009 - 2009
Sediment 2009 - 2009
*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-LA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Louisiana Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-323108093533901
MonitoringLocationName Cross Lake near Bird Islands at Shreveport, LA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Land
HUCEightDigitCode 11140304
LatitudeMeasure 32.51888889000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.8941667000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 017
ProviderName NWIS