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Big Lake (CEDEN-526PBL034) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the California State Water Resources Control Board (identifier CEDEN), has the name "Big Lake" and has the identifier CEDEN-526PBL034. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18020003.

This site is located in Shasta County County, California at 41.1159000000 degrees latitude and -121.4020000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1022 m 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 "CEDEN-526PBL034" 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*
Organics, Other 2008 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2008 - 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 CEDEN
OrganizationFormalName California State Water Resources Control Board
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CEDEN-526PBL034
MonitoringLocationName Big Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Changed target and elevation based on actuals and Google Earth, Target changed from 40.63040; -121.62887 ;
HUCEightDigitCode 18020003
LatitudeMeasure 41.1159000000
LongitudeMeasure -121.4020000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1022
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET