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Little Sarasota Bay, near Elligraw Bayou, April. (21FLSARA-14-1-04) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This estuary site, maintained by the Sarasota County Environmental Services (Florida) (identifier 21FLSARA), has the name "Little Sarasota Bay, near Elligraw Bayou, April." and has the identifier 21FLSARA-14-1-04. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100201.

This site is located in Sarasota County County, Florida at 27.2400000 degrees latitude and -82.5188000 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 "21FLSARA-14-1-04" 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 1997 - 2009
Information 1997 - 2009
Nutrient 1997 - 2009
Physical 1997 - 2009
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21FLSARA
OrganizationFormalName Sarasota County Environmental Services (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSARA-14-1-04
MonitoringLocationName Little Sarasota Bay, near Elligraw Bayou, April.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03100201
LatitudeMeasure 27.2400000
LongitudeMeasure -82.5188000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET