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Moose Lake (OST_SHPD-1513) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the USEPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division (identifier OST_SHPD), has the name "Moose Lake" and has the identifier OST_SHPD-1513. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04150101.

This site is located in Herkimer County County, New York at 43.8336000000 degrees latitude and -74.8449000000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "OST_SHPD-1513" 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*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Not Assigned 2003 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Organics, PCBs 2003 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2003
Stable Isotopes 2003 - 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 OST_SHPD
OrganizationFormalName USEPA, Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OST_SHPD-1513
MonitoringLocationName Moose Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 04150101
LatitudeMeasure 43.8336000000
LongitudeMeasure -74.8449000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Address Matching-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET