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Mille Lacs Lake, Mille Lacs County, MN, USA (NALMS-F647859) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the North American Lake Management Society (identifier NALMS), has the name "Mille Lacs Lake, Mille Lacs County, MN, USA" and has the identifier NALMS-F647859. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07010207.

This site is located in Mille Lacs County County, Minnesota at 46.2430000000 degrees latitude and -93.6460000000 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 "NALMS-F647859" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1994 - 2003
Physical 1994 - 2003
*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 NALMS
OrganizationFormalName North American Lake Management Society
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NALMS-F647859
MonitoringLocationName Mille Lacs Lake, Mille Lacs County, MN, USA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 07010207
LatitudeMeasure 46.2430000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.6460000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 27
CountyCode 095
ProviderName STORET