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Near Shore Area (21FLCBA-DES108) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (Florida) (identifier 21FLCBA), has the name "Near Shore Area" and has the identifier 21FLCBA-DES108. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140102.

This site is located in Walton County County, Florida at 30.4000417 degrees latitude and -86.3837408 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 "21FLCBA-DES108" 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 2001 - 2002
Information 2001 - 2002
Nutrient 2001 - 2002
Physical 2001 - 2002
*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 21FLCBA
OrganizationFormalName Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLCBA-DES108
MonitoringLocationName Near Shore Area
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Near Shore Area
HUCEightDigitCode 03140102
LatitudeMeasure 30.4000417
LongitudeMeasure -86.3837408
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 131
ProviderName STORET