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Lee-San Carlos Bay-3 (21FLKWAT-LEE-SA-OSBAY-3) 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 LAKEWATCH (identifier 21FLKWAT), has the name "Lee-San Carlos Bay-3" and has the identifier 21FLKWAT-LEE-SA-OSBAY-3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100103.

This site is located in Lee County County, Florida at 26.4897222 degrees latitude and -82.0480555 degrees longitude using the datum OTHER. 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 "21FLKWAT-LEE-SA-OSBAY-3" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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 2001 - 2002
Information 2001 - 2002
Nutrient 2001 - 2002
*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 21FLKWAT
OrganizationFormalName Florida LAKEWATCH
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLKWAT-LEE-SA-OSBAY-3
MonitoringLocationName Lee-San Carlos Bay-3
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lee-San Carlos Bay-3
HUCEightDigitCode 03100103
LatitudeMeasure 26.4897222
LongitudeMeasure -82.0480555
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET