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LITTLE PORTAGE CREEK AT 38TH STREET; WAKESHMA TOWNSHIP, SECTION 29 (21MICH_WQX-390576) 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 DEQ (identifier 21MICH_WQX), has the name "LITTLE PORTAGE CREEK AT 38TH STREET; WAKESHMA TOWNSHIP, SECTION 29" and has the identifier 21MICH_WQX-390576. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04050001.

This site is located in Kalamazoo County County, Michigan at 42.0885500000 degrees latitude and -85.3910900000 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 "21MICH_WQX-390576" 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, Counts 2000 - 2008
Information 2000 - 2008
Physical 2000 - 2008
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Michigan DEQ
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MICH_WQX-390576
MonitoringLocationName LITTLE PORTAGE CREEK AT 38TH STREET; WAKESHMA TOWNSHIP, SECTION 29
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04050001
LatitudeMeasure 42.0885500000
LongitudeMeasure -85.3910900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET