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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21IOWA_WQX >  21IOWA_WQX-26780002

Carter Lake West (21IOWA_WQX-26780002) 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 DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data (identifier 21IOWA_WQX), has the name "Carter Lake West" and has the identifier 21IOWA_WQX-26780002. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10230006.

This site is located in Douglas County County, Nebraska at 41.2991430000 degrees latitude and -95.9270630000 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 "21IOWA_WQX-26780002" 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, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2013 - 2013
Nutrient 2013 - 2013
Physical 2013 - 2013
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Iowa DNR Surface Water Monitoring Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21IOWA_WQX-26780002
MonitoringLocationName Carter Lake West
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 10230006
LatitudeMeasure 41.2991430000
LongitudeMeasure -95.9270630000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 31
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET