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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  EPA_GLNPO >  EPA_GLNPO-27M-280

Composite 27M,280 (EPA_GLNPO-27M-280) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This great lake site, maintained by the EPA Great Lakes National Program (identifier EPA_GLNPO), has the name "Composite 27M,280" and has the identifier EPA_GLNPO-27M-280.

This site is located in Muskegon County County, Michigan at 43.4621417544 degrees latitude and -87.1022419298 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 0 m. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 176 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 "EPA_GLNPO-27M-280" 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*
Organics, Other 1995 - 1995
Organics, PCBs 1995 - 1995
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 1995
Physical 1995 - 1995
*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 EPA_GLNPO
OrganizationFormalName EPA Great Lakes National Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_GLNPO-27M-280
MonitoringLocationName Composite 27M,280
MonitoringLocationTypeName Great Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Composite of stations 27M,280
LatitudeMeasure 43.4621417544
LongitudeMeasure -87.1022419298
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 176
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 121
ProviderName STORET