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Sikes Cut Offshore-Gulf of Mexico^1 mile SW of St. George Is (21FLANER-APASCNUT) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (Florida) (identifier 21FLANER), has the name "Sikes Cut Offshore-Gulf of Mexico^1 mile SW of St. George Is" and has the identifier 21FLANER-APASCNUT. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03130014.

This site is located in Franklin County County, Florida at 29.6066833 degrees latitude and -84.9466500 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLANER-APASCNUT" 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*
Biological 2002 - 2005
Nutrient 2002 - 2005
Physical 2003 - 2005
*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 21FLANER
OrganizationFormalName Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLANER-APASCNUT
MonitoringLocationName Sikes Cut Offshore-Gulf of Mexico^1 mile SW of St. George Is
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sikes Cut Offshore
HUCEightDigitCode 03130014
LatitudeMeasure 29.6066833
LongitudeMeasure -84.9466500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET