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Pekala Creek (KBICNRD_WQX-PEK1MS) 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 Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) (identifier KBICNRD_WQX), has the name "Pekala Creek" and has the identifier KBICNRD_WQX-PEK1MS. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04020105.

This site is located in Baraga County County, Michigan at 46.7049722200 degrees latitude and -88.4105833300 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "KBICNRD_WQX-PEK1MS" 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, Cyanobacteria, Photosynthetic,Phycocyanin 2022 - 2022
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2018 - 2018
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2018 - 2022
Physical 2018 - 2022
*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 KBICNRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier KBICNRD_WQX-PEK1MS
MonitoringLocationName Pekala Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Located on Poor Farm RD. off of Herman RD.
HUCEightDigitCode 04020105
LatitudeMeasure 46.7049722200
LongitudeMeasure -88.4105833300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 26
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET