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Drainage Ditch at Park Bdy near Entrance Just West of Road (11NPSWRD_WQX-DESO_SWMP_01) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This canal drainage site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Drainage Ditch at Park Bdy near Entrance Just West of Road" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-DESO_SWMP_01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100202.

This site is located in Manatee County County, Florida at 27.5218300000 degrees latitude and -82.6447600000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-DESO_SWMP_01" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2000
Nutrient 1999 - 2000
Organics, Other 1999 - 2000
Physical 1999 - 2000
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-DESO_SWMP_01
MonitoringLocationName Drainage Ditch at Park Bdy near Entrance Just West of Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Drainage
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Stormwater ditch right where it enters the park boundary near the entrance gate just west of the road.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100202
LatitudeMeasure 27.5218300000
LongitudeMeasure -82.6447600000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET