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TAMPA BYPASS CANAL AT S-160,AT TAMPA FL (USGS-02301802) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream: canal site, maintained by the USGS Florida Water Science Center (identifier USGS-FL), has the name "TAMPA BYPASS CANAL AT S-160,AT TAMPA FL" and has the identifier USGS-02301802. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100206. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 29.00 sq mi.

This site is located in Hillsborough County County, Florida at 27.95613310000000 degrees latitude and -82.3706485000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02301802" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 1977 - 1979
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1975 - 1983
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1991 - 1992
Biological, Counts 1975 - 1983
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1991 - 1992
Information 1991 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 1995
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1991
Nutrient 1974 - 1995
Organics, Other 1974 - 1992
Organics, PCBs 1975 - 1981
Organics, Pesticide 1975 - 1981
Physical 1974 - 1995
Population/Community 1977 - 1980
Radiochemical 1980 - 1980
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-FL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Florida Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02301802
MonitoringLocationName TAMPA BYPASS CANAL AT S-160,AT TAMPA FL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream: Canal
HUCEightDigitCode 03100206
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 29.00
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 27.95613310000000
LongitudeMeasure -82.3706485000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 057
ProviderName NWIS