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Goose Creek Bay (21FLFMRI-STR200420) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Florida Fish & Wildlife C C / Marine Research Institute (identifier 21FLFMRI), has the name "Goose Creek Bay" and has the identifier 21FLFMRI-STR200420. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03120001.

This site is located in Wakulla County County, Florida at 30.0800000 degrees latitude and -84.2400000 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 "21FLFMRI-STR200420" 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 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 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 21FLFMRI
OrganizationFormalName Florida Fish & Wildlife C C / Marine Research Institute
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLFMRI-STR200420
MonitoringLocationName Goose Creek Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03120001
LatitudeMeasure 30.0800000
LongitudeMeasure -84.2400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 129
ProviderName STORET