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Whitefish Lake (LCOWIS_WQX-WHT-1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Lac Courte Oreilles (identifier LCOWIS_WQX), has the name "Whitefish Lake" and has the identifier LCOWIS_WQX-WHT-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07050001.

This site is located in Sawyer County County, Wisconsin at 45.8592900000 degrees latitude and -91.4478800000 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 "LCOWIS_WQX-WHT-1" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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 2021 - 2022
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2010 - 2023
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2021 - 2022
Information 2010 - 2023
Nutrient 2010 - 2023
Physical 2008 - 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 LCOWIS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Lac Courte Oreilles
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LCOWIS_WQX-WHT-1
MonitoringLocationName Whitefish Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 07050001
LatitudeMeasure 45.8592900000
LongitudeMeasure -91.4478800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 113
ProviderName STORET