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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21MICH >  21MICH-480020

KAKS LAKE IN CENT BASIN, PENTLAND TOWNSHIP, SEC 17 (21MICH-480020) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (identifier 21MICH), has the name "KAKS LAKE IN CENT BASIN, PENTLAND TOWNSHIP, SEC 17" and has the identifier 21MICH-480020. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04020202.

This site is located in Luce County County, Michigan at 46.3016700 degrees latitude and -85.5733370 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-480020" 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

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 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
*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-480020
MonitoringLocationName KAKS LAKE IN CENT BASIN, PENTLAND TOWNSHIP, SEC 17
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText KAKS LAKE IN CENT BASIN, PENTLAND TOWNSHIP, SEC 17
HUCEightDigitCode 04020202
LatitudeMeasure 46.3016700
LongitudeMeasure -85.5733370
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Spot
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 095
ProviderName STORET