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Key West - Cow Key Channel (21FLKEYW-24) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the City of Key West (Florida) (identifier 21FLKEYW), has the name "Key West - Cow Key Channel" and has the identifier 21FLKEYW-24. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090203.

This site is located in Monroe County County, Florida at 24.5712278 degrees latitude and -81.7503306 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 "21FLKEYW-24" 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*
Microbiological 1999 - 2000
*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 21FLKEYW
OrganizationFormalName City of Key West (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLKEYW-24
MonitoringLocationName Key West - Cow Key Channel
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Key West - Cow Key Channel
HUCEightDigitCode 03090203
LatitudeMeasure 24.5712278
LongitudeMeasure -81.7503306
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET