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Fort Pond (MASSDEP-W0603) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) (identifier MASSDEP), has the name "Fort Pond" and has the identifier MASSDEP-W0603. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)01070004.

This site is located in Worcester County County, Massachusetts at 42.5234697600 degrees latitude and -71.6880925000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "MASSDEP-W0603" 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, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2005 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Nutrient 2005 - 2017
Organics, Other 2017 - 2017
Physical 2005 - 2017
*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 MASSDEP
OrganizationFormalName Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MASSDEP-W0603
MonitoringLocationName Fort Pond
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText [Lancaster]
HUCEightDigitCode 01070004
LatitudeMeasure 42.5234697600
LongitudeMeasure -71.6880925000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET