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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  NJ_MSU >  NJ_MSU-LA5

Lake Owassa Community Association: Outlet/Island (NJ_MSU-LA5) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Montclair State University (identifier NJ_MSU), has the name "Lake Owassa Community Association: Outlet/Island" and has the identifier NJ_MSU-LA5. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040105.

This site is located in Sussex County County, New Jersey at 41.1574600000 degrees latitude and -74.8041450000 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 "NJ_MSU-LA5" 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 2023 - 2023
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2023 - 2023
Information 2023 - 2023
Physical 2023 - 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 NJ_MSU
OrganizationFormalName Montclair State University
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NJ_MSU-LA5
MonitoringLocationName Lake Owassa Community Association: Outlet/Island
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 02040105
LatitudeMeasure 41.1574600000
LongitudeMeasure -74.8041450000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 34
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET