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Big Slough (21NDHDWQ-385280) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the North Dakota Dept. of Health (identifier 21NDHDWQ), has the name "Big Slough" and has the identifier 21NDHDWQ-385280. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)09020316.

This site is located in Pembina County County, North Dakota at 48.8470800 degrees latitude and -97.3890400 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "21NDHDWQ-385280" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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*
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 21NDHDWQ
OrganizationFormalName North Dakota Dept. of Health
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NDHDWQ-385280
MonitoringLocationName Big Slough
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located 3 miles East and 3 miles North of Hamilton, ND.
HUCEightDigitCode 09020316
LatitudeMeasure 48.8470800
LongitudeMeasure -97.3890400
SourceMapScaleNumeric 100
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 38
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET