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Great South Bay Fire Island Inlet (11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_WHOI_GSB02) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Great South Bay Fire Island Inlet" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-FIIS_WHOI_GSB02. 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 40.6265160000 degrees latitude and -73.2382520000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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_WHOI_GSB02" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1954 - 1959
Information 1952 - 1959
Nutrient 1952 - 1959
Physical 1952 - 1959
*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_WHOI_GSB02
MonitoringLocationName Great South Bay Fire Island Inlet
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is located in the Great South Bay at the Fire Island Inlet.
HUCEightDigitCode 02030202
LatitudeMeasure 40.6265160000
LongitudeMeasure -73.2382520000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET