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Big Bend 426 (21FLHILL_WQX-14426) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County (identifier 21FLHILL_WQX), has the name "Big Bend 426" and has the identifier 21FLHILL_WQX-14426. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100206.

This site is located in Hillsborough County County, Florida at 27.7925441690 degrees latitude and -82.4108704620 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 "21FLHILL_WQX-14426" 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*
Information 2009 - 2025
Physical 2009 - 2025
*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 21FLHILL_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLHILL_WQX-14426
MonitoringLocationName Big Bend 426
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Big Bend 426
HUCEightDigitCode 03100206
LatitudeMeasure 27.7925441690
LongitudeMeasure -82.4108704620
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET