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Cow Pen Slough (21FLSARA_WQX-VM-1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Sarasota County Environmental Services (identifier 21FLSARA_WQX), has the name "Cow Pen Slough" and has the identifier 21FLSARA_WQX-VM-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100102.

This site is located in Sarasota County County, Florida at 27.1604999870 degrees latitude and -82.3858000000 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 "21FLSARA_WQX-VM-1" 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

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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2017 - 2025
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2017 - 2025
Information 2017 - 2018
Microbiological 2017 - 2025
Nutrient 2017 - 2025
Physical 2017 - 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 21FLSARA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Sarasota County Environmental Services
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSARA_WQX-VM-1
MonitoringLocationName Cow Pen Slough
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Venice Minerals Pond near Gene Green Road, Venice
HUCEightDigitCode 03100102
LatitudeMeasure 27.1604999870
LongitudeMeasure -82.3858000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET