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Seagrass Bed in Western Big Lagoon (11NPSWRD_WQX-GUIS_MSU_BIGLAG) 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 "Seagrass Bed in Western Big Lagoon" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GUIS_MSU_BIGLAG. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140107.

This site is located in Escambia County County, Florida at 30.3080166000 degrees latitude and -87.3834833000 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-GUIS_MSU_BIGLAG" 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 1994 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 1994
Not Assigned 1994 - 1994
Organics, Other 1994 - 1994
Physical 1993 - 1994
*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-GUIS_MSU_BIGLAG
MonitoringLocationName Seagrass Bed in Western Big Lagoon
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText All field work was conducted within seagrass beds at Big Lagoon, Perdido Key, Escambia County, Florida, USA. Perdido Bay is a shallow, brackishwater inlet which is influenced by seasonal shifts in prevailing winds and freshwater effluent from the adjacent mainland. The area is unique because monospecific beds of three seagrass species (Halodule wrightii, Syringodium filiforme, and Thalassia testudinum) are present.
HUCEightDigitCode 03140107
LatitudeMeasure 30.3080166000
LongitudeMeasure -87.3834833000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET