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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Nutrient Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Physical Water-quality 1980-05-15 1980-05-15
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 444612086061801 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Benzie County, Michigan. Water data back to 1980 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
444612086061801 n/a
Site name
LAKE MICHIGAN 1 MILE WEST OF ESCH RD NR EMPIRE, MI n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 444612 n/a
DMS longitude 0860618 n/a
Decimal latitude 44.7699977 n/a
Decimal longitude -86.1050942 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 min. M
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Michigan 26
State
Michigan 26
County
Benzie County 019
Country US n/a
Land net location description S02 T27N R15W M n/a
Name of location map EMPIRE n/a
Scale of location map 25000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 580 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
04060200
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a