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TP294-McKay Creek (21FLTPA_WQX-27525378248329) 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 FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District (identifier 21FLTPA_WQX), has the name "TP294-McKay Creek" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-27525378248329. 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 27.8815833000 degrees latitude and -82.8091389000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "21FLTPA_WQX-27525378248329" 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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2004 - 2010
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2004 - 2010
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2010 - 2010
Information 2004 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2004
Microbiological 2004 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2010
Organics, Other 2004 - 2005
Physical 2004 - 2010
*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 21FLTPA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLTPA_WQX-27525378248329
MonitoringLocationName TP294-McKay Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText West Bay, take right. Take right on Ridge. Turn left on Clw/Largo Rd, turn right on Ulmerton, left back onto Ridge, Go south all the way to Walshingham Rd. Take right on Walshingham. Turn right into Botanical Gardens before bridge crossing on Walshingham. Keep left and park in lot just north of Walshingham bridge. Sampled for TMDL 2004.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100207
LatitudeMeasure 27.8815833000
LongitudeMeasure -82.8091389000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET