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BISCAYNE BAY OFF COAST AT BICENTENNIAL PARK (11NPSWRD_WQX-BISC_UM_016) site data in the Water Quality Portal
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This estuary site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "BISCAYNE BAY OFF COAST AT BICENTENNIAL PARK" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-BISC_UM_016. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090206.
This site is located in Miami-Dade County County, Florida at 25.7823889000 degrees latitude and -80.1851111000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Microbiological | 1953 - 1953 |
Nutrient | 1953 - 1953 |
Physical | 1953 - 1953 |
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Location Metadata | Value |
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OrganizationIdentifier | 11NPSWRD_WQX |
OrganizationFormalName | National Park Service Water Resources Division |
MonitoringLocationIdentifier | 11NPSWRD_WQX-BISC_UM_016 |
MonitoringLocationName | BISCAYNE BAY OFF COAST AT BICENTENNIAL PARK |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | Estuary |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | THE STATION WAS LOCATED ON THE MIAMI; FLORIDA 7.5' SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. STATION 16 WAS AT BISCAYNE BAY OFF THE COAST AT BICENTENNIAL PARK OUTSIDE OF BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARK (BISC). THE SITE WAS SAMPLED AS PART OF A STUDY TO ESTABLISH BASELINE WATER QUALITY WITHIN BISCAYNE BAY TO COMPARE WITH WATER QUALITY DATA AFTER SEWAGE DISCHARGE TO THE BAY IS PROHIBITED. DATA ARE FROM A UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MARINE LABORATORY REPORT TITLED "REPORT ON PRELIMINARY STUDIES OF POLLUTION IN BISCAYNE BAY" BY MOORE H.B. ET AL. (JAN 1955). SAMPLE DATES FOR MOST PARAMETERS WERE NOT PROVIDED IN THE REPORT AND WERE ESTIMATED FROM TEXT DESCRIPTIONS AND SAMPLE DATES THAT WERE PROVIDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT BISC'S CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT P.O. BOX 1369; HOMESTEAD FL 33090 (TEL. 3052307575). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY RYAN SHY; NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/ESTURY |
HUCEightDigitCode | 03090206 |
LatitudeMeasure | 25.7823889000 |
LongitudeMeasure | -80.1851111000 |
SourceMapScaleNumeric | 0 |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | Unknown |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | NAD27 |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 12 |
CountyCode | 086 |
ProviderName | STORET |