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Center of beach (21WIBCH-0073B162) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-great lake site, maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (identifier 21WIBCH), has the name "Center of beach" and has the identifier 21WIBCH-0073B162. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04010301.

This site is located in Bayfield County County, Wisconsin at 46.6800000000 degrees latitude and -90.8812000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "21WIBCH-0073B162" 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*
Microbiological 2004 - 2023
*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 21WIBCH
OrganizationFormalName Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21WIBCH-0073B162
MonitoringLocationName Center of beach
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Great Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 04010301
LatitudeMeasure 46.6800000000
LongitudeMeasure -90.8812000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET