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Lake Michigan Station #53B (EPA_GLNPO-MI53B) 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 "Lake Michigan Station #53B" and has the identifier EPA_GLNPO-MI53B. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04060200.

This site is located in Charlevoix County County, Michigan at 45.4334129091 degrees latitude and -85.2166606667 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. The horizontal location collection method was "Loran C" and the accuracy is 100 m.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "EPA_GLNPO-MI53B" 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 2016 - 2016
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2021
Biological, Algae,Phytoplankton,Cyanobacteria,Photosynthetic 1999 - 2014
Biological, Counts 1999 - 2022
Information 1999 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2019 - 2021
Not Assigned 1991 - 2023
Nutrient 2002 - 2021
Organics, Other 2002 - 2002
Organics, PCBs 1991 - 1991
Physical 1999 - 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 EPA_GLNPO
OrganizationFormalName EPA Great Lakes National Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EPA_GLNPO-MI53B
MonitoringLocationName Lake Michigan Station #53B
MonitoringLocationTypeName Great Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Open Lake Benthos station - Summer
HUCEightDigitCode 04060200
LatitudeMeasure 45.4334129091
LongitudeMeasure -85.2166606667
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Loran C
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 029
ProviderName STORET