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Biscayne Bay (21FLDADE_WQX-BB02) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Dade Environmental Resource Management (Florida) (identifier 21FLDADE_WQX), has the name "Biscayne Bay" and has the identifier 21FLDADE_WQX-BB02. 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 25.9448704000 degrees latitude and -80.1277678000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Photo" and the accuracy is Unknown seconds. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLDADE_WQX-BB02" 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

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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2005 - 2023
Biological, Algae,Phytoplankton,Cyanobacteria,Photosynthetic 2006 - 2006
Information 2005 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2019 - 2019
Microbiological 2005 - 2023
Nutrient 2005 - 2023
Organics, Other 2010 - 2010
Physical 2005 - 2023
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Dade Environmental Resource Management (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLDADE_WQX-BB02
MonitoringLocationName Biscayne Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03090206
LatitudeMeasure 25.9448704000
LongitudeMeasure -80.1277678000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 086
ProviderName STORET