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ST.LUCIE ESTUARY NEAR MOUTH OF BESSEY CREEK (21FLWPB_WQX-28010214) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Southeast District (identifier 21FLWPB_WQX), has the name "ST.LUCIE ESTUARY NEAR MOUTH OF BESSEY CREEK" and has the identifier 21FLWPB_WQX-28010214. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090206.

This site is located in Martin County County, Florida at 27.2056389000 degrees latitude and -80.2816667000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21FLWPB_WQX-28010214" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2000 - 2000
*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 21FLWPB_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Southeast District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLWPB_WQX-28010214
MonitoringLocationName ST.LUCIE ESTUARY NEAR MOUTH OF BESSEY CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ST. LUCIE ESTUARY 100 YDS OFF SHORE ABOUT 300 YDS SOUTHEAST OF MOUTH TO BESSEY CREEK. SITE USED AS BIOLOGICAL REFERENCE STATION FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES COLLECTED INSIDE BESSEY CREEK MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: BASIN CODE: MINOR BASIN NAME:
HUCEightDigitCode 03090206
LatitudeMeasure 27.2056389000
LongitudeMeasure -80.2816667000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 085
ProviderName STORET