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Fort Pond (MASSDEP-W2714) 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-W2714. 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 42.5206153400 degrees latitude and -71.6905727200 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-W2714" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2017 - 2017
Microbiological 2017 - 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-W2714
MonitoringLocationName Fort Pond
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText [southwestern edge of pond, at public boat launch north off Fort Pond Road, Lancaster]
HUCEightDigitCode 01070004
LatitudeMeasure 42.5206153400
LongitudeMeasure -71.6905727200
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET