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SKANEATELES LAKE SITE 10 (USGS-424822076175501) 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 New York Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NY), has the name "SKANEATELES LAKE SITE 10" and has the identifier USGS-424822076175501. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04140201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Cayuga County County, New York at 42.80613056000000 degrees latitude and -76.2985806000000 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 .01 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-424822076175501" 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 2018 - 2018
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria, Photosynthetic,Phycocyanin 2018 - 2018
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2018
Information 2018 - 2018
Nutrient 2018 - 2018
Organics, Other 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-NY
OrganizationFormalName USGS New York Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-424822076175501
MonitoringLocationName SKANEATELES LAKE SITE 10
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 04140201
LatitudeMeasure 42.80613056000000
LongitudeMeasure -76.2985806000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 011
ProviderName NWIS