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Minnow Creek (21FLPDEM-AMB 08-1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental Management (Florida) (identifier 21FLPDEM), has the name "Minnow Creek" and has the identifier 21FLPDEM-AMB 08-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100207.

This site is located in Pinellas County County, Florida at 28.0584799 degrees latitude and -82.7762985 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "21FLPDEM-AMB 08-1" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Biological 1999 - 2002
Information 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 1999 - 2002
Physical 1999 - 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 21FLPDEM
OrganizationFormalName Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental Management (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLPDEM-AMB 08-1
MonitoringLocationName Minnow Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Minnow Creek is a tidally influenced, Class III waterbody that is sampled monthly. The creek has sewalls on both sides, and a boat marina is directly accross from the station. Samples are collected from the north side of creek.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100207
LatitudeMeasure 28.0584799
LongitudeMeasure -82.7762985
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET