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Hammond Marina West Beach (21IND_WQX-HAMMONDWEST) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-great lake site, maintained by the Indiana Department Of Environmental Management (identifier 21IND_WQX), has the name "Hammond Marina West Beach" and has the identifier 21IND_WQX-HAMMONDWEST.

This site is located in Lake County County, Indiana at 41.6995470000 degrees latitude and -87.5137410000 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 "21IND_WQX-HAMMONDWEST" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
Microbiological 2015 - 2015
*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 21IND_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Indiana Department Of Environmental Management
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IND_WQX-HAMMONDWEST
MonitoringLocationName Hammond Marina West Beach
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Great Lake
LatitudeMeasure 41.6995470000
LongitudeMeasure -87.5137410000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 18
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET