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Lake McDonald near Grist Road, South Site (11NPSWRD_WQX-GLAC_NPS_02B) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Lake McDonald near Grist Road, South Site" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GLAC_NPS_02B. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17010207.

This site is located in Flathead County County, Montana at 48.5309000000 degrees latitude and -113.9955900000 degrees longitude using the datum OTHER. 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-GLAC_NPS_02B" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2018
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2018
Information 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2018 - 2018
Microbiological 2018 - 2018
Not Assigned 2018 - 2018
Nutrient 2018 - 2018
Organics, Other 2018 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 2018 - 2018
PFAS, Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2018 - 2018
Physical 2018 - 2018
Stable Isotopes 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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GLAC_NPS_02B
MonitoringLocationName Lake McDonald near Grist Road, South Site
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Lake McDonald near Grist Road, south site. Coordinate methods were GPS, map interpolation, and random choice; datum were NAD83 and WGS84. At this station samples were collected by grab, bladder pump (10-meter depth), and 50-meter horizontal tow. For the first horizontal tow at 1819, the start coordinates were 48.53092N, 113.99458W, and the end coordinates were 48.53156N, 113.99459W. For the second tow at 1823, the start coordinates were 48.5316N, 113.99484W, and the end coordinates were 48.53098N, 113.99464W.
HUCEightDigitCode 17010207
LatitudeMeasure 48.5309000000
LongitudeMeasure -113.9955900000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 30
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET