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Biscayne Canal (C-8) (21FLDADE-BS04) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This canal drainage site, maintained by the Dade Environmental Resource Management (Florida) (identifier 21FLDADE), has the name "Biscayne Canal (C-8)" and has the identifier 21FLDADE-BS04. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090206.

This site is located in Miami-Dade County County, Florida at 25.8740728 degrees latitude and -80.1814691 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "21FLDADE-BS04" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Information 1994 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1994 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1996 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1994 - 2004
Microbiological 1994 - 2004
Not Assigned 1995 - 2004
Nutrient 1994 - 2004
Organics, Other 1994 - 2004
Organics, PCBs 1995 - 2004
Organics, Pesticide 1995 - 2004
Physical 1994 - 2004
*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 21FLDADE
OrganizationFormalName Dade Environmental Resource Management (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLDADE-BS04
MonitoringLocationName Biscayne Canal (C-8)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Drainage
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText NW 8 Ave/NW 107 St. Biscayne canal near NW 107 St. at foot bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 03090206
LatitudeMeasure 25.8740728
LongitudeMeasure -80.1814691
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Address Matching-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 086
ProviderName STORET