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PA242 - Sheboygan River (EPA_GLNPO-PA242) 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 "PA242 - Sheboygan River" and has the identifier EPA_GLNPO-PA242.

This site is located in Sheboygan County County, Wisconsin at 43.7475000000 degrees latitude and -87.6902780000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Map" and the accuracy is 100 m. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "EPA_GLNPO-PA242" 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 1980 - 1990
Biological, Fish 1980 - 1990
Physical 1980 - 1990
*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-PA242
MonitoringLocationName PA242 - Sheboygan River
MonitoringLocationTypeName Great Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fish Monitoring Port - Sport Fish - Sheboygan River (L. Michigan)
LatitudeMeasure 43.7475000000
LongitudeMeasure -87.6902780000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 117
ProviderName STORET