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4220002Lavaca-Tres Palacios ES Line 200 Site 2 (USGS-283050096270500) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This estuary site, maintained by the USGS Texas Water Science Center (identifier USGS-TX), has the name "4220002Lavaca-Tres Palacios ES Line 200 Site 2" and has the identifier USGS-283050096270500. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12100402. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Calhoun County County, Texas at 28.51416679000000 degrees latitude and -96.4516409000000 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-283050096270500" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1975 - 1975
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1975 - 1975
Information 1968 - 1976
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1972 - 1972
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1968 - 1976
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 1974
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1972 - 1974
Microbiological 1974 - 1975
Nutrient 1968 - 1976
Organics, Other 1974 - 1976
Organics, PCBs 1974 - 1974
Organics, Pesticide 1972 - 1974
Physical 1968 - 1976
*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-TX
OrganizationFormalName USGS Texas Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-283050096270500
MonitoringLocationName 4220002Lavaca-Tres Palacios ES Line 200 Site 2
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 12100402
LatitudeMeasure 28.51416679000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.4516409000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 057
ProviderName NWIS