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Bad River (BADRIVER_WQX-BadOldOdanahRd) 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 Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin (Tribal) (identifier BADRIVER_WQX), has the name "Bad River" and has the identifier BADRIVER_WQX-BadOldOdanahRd. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04010302.

This site is located in Ashland County County, Wisconsin at 46.6085400000 degrees latitude and -90.7005200000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "BADRIVER_WQX-BadOldOdanahRd" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Not Assigned 2016 - 2016
Nutrient 2016 - 2016
Physical 2016 - 2016
*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 BADRIVER_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier BADRIVER_WQX-BadOldOdanahRd
MonitoringLocationName Bad River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Master file import into AWQMS: Waterbody Bad River
HUCEightDigitCode 04010302
LatitudeMeasure 46.6085400000
LongitudeMeasure -90.7005200000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET