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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21MICH >  21MICH-110683

GALIEN RIVER DOWNSTREAM NEW BUFFALO WWTP; NEW BUFFALO TOWNSH (21MICH-110683) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (identifier 21MICH), has the name "GALIEN RIVER DOWNSTREAM NEW BUFFALO WWTP; NEW BUFFALO TOWNSH" and has the identifier 21MICH-110683. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04040001.

This site is located in Berrien County County, Michigan at 41.8105600 degrees latitude and -86.7102800 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "21MICH-110683" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 2002 - 2002
Physical 2002 - 2002
*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 21MICH
OrganizationFormalName Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MICH-110683
MonitoringLocationName GALIEN RIVER DOWNSTREAM NEW BUFFALO WWTP; NEW BUFFALO TOWNSH
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText GALIEN RIVER DOWNSTREAM NEW BUFFALO WWTP; NEW BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, SEC 02
HUCEightDigitCode 04040001
LatitudeMeasure 41.8105600
LongitudeMeasure -86.7102800
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Spot
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET