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FLOYD'S POND MARSH NEAR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_CCES_FP) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This wetland estuarine-emergent site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "FLOYD'S POND MARSH NEAR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_CCES_FP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030202.

This site is located in Suffolk County County, New York at 40.7640000000 degrees latitude and -72.8296389000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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-FIIS_CCES_FP" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1983 - 1983
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1983 - 1983
Microbiological 1983 - 1983
Nutrient 1983 - 1983
Organics, Other 1983 - 1983
Organics, PCBs 1983 - 1983
Organics, Pesticide 1983 - 1983
Physical 1983 - 1983
*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-FIIS_CCES_FP
MonitoringLocationName FLOYD'S POND MARSH NEAR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
MonitoringLocationTypeName Wetland Estuarine-Emergent
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE MORICHES NY 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE AND IS INSIDE OF FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE (FIIS) BOUNDARIES. THE SITE IS AT FLOYD'S POND MARSH ON THE WILLIAM FLOYD ESTATE NEAR GREAT SOUTH BAY OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. WATER QUALITY AND SEDIMENT SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED IN REPLICATE AT THIS SITE IN 1983 AS PART OF A STUDY OF THE WATER QUALITY OF FIIS. DATA ARE SUMMARIZED IN A FEBRUARY 1985 FINAL REPORT (CX16002006) TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC REGION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM TITLED; "WATER QUALITY AT FIRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE" BY D. ADAMS; A. MCINTOSH; AND M. SPRENGER (CENTER FOR COASTAL AND ENVIRON MENTAL STUDIES AND DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; RUTGERS UNIVERSITY). FOR PARK INFO. CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT FIIS; 120 LAUREL ST.; PATCHOGUE NY 11772; TEL(516)2894810. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY SHAWNDRA MAWHORTER; NPS; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525; TEL(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SWTLND
HUCEightDigitCode 02030202
LatitudeMeasure 40.7640000000
LongitudeMeasure -72.8296389000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET