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Big Round Lake (STCROIX_WQX-15) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (Tribal) (identifier STCROIX_WQX), has the name "Big Round Lake" and has the identifier STCROIX_WQX-15. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07030005.

This site is located in Polk County County, Wisconsin at 45.5292000000 degrees latitude and -92.3007000000 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 "STCROIX_WQX-15" 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 2019 - 2023
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2003 - 2012
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2002 - 2023
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2019 - 2023
Information 2009 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2003 - 2023
Physical 2009 - 2022
*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 STCROIX_WQX
OrganizationFormalName St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier STCROIX_WQX-15
MonitoringLocationName Big Round Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 07030005
LatitudeMeasure 45.5292000000
LongitudeMeasure -92.3007000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 55
CountyCode 095
ProviderName STORET