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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21IOWA >  21IOWA-29740002

Virgin Lake (site 4)-Palo Alto-2 (21IOWA-29740002) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources (identifier 21IOWA), has the name "Virgin Lake (site 4)-Palo Alto-2" and has the identifier 21IOWA-29740002. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10230003.

This site is located in Palo Alto County County, Iowa at 43.1041094 degrees latitude and -94.8999500 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1396 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21IOWA-29740002" 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*
Biological 2006 - 2007
Nutrient 2006 - 2007
Physical 2006 - 2007
*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 21IOWA
OrganizationFormalName Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA-29740002
MonitoringLocationName Virgin Lake (site 4)-Palo Alto-2
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 10230003
LatitudeMeasure 43.1041094
LongitudeMeasure -94.8999500
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1396
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 19
CountyCode 147
ProviderName STORET