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Whitestone Lake (SWO_OEP-LMN-L-WHTSN-007) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Lake Traverse Reservation (SD) (identifier SWO_OEP), has the name "Whitestone Lake" and has the identifier SWO_OEP-LMN-L-WHTSN-007. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)07020001.

This site is located in Roberts County County, South Dakota at 45.6335038889 degrees latitude and -97.2002763889 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 "SWO_OEP-LMN-L-WHTSN-007" 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*
Information 2009 - 2013
Nutrient 2009 - 2012
Physical 2009 - 2013
*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 SWO_OEP
OrganizationFormalName Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe Lake Traverse Reservation (SD)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SWO_OEP-LMN-L-WHTSN-007
MonitoringLocationName Whitestone Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 07020001
LatitudeMeasure 45.6335038889
LongitudeMeasure -97.2002763889
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 46
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET