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WPB CANAL 5.2 MILES SE US98/US441 INTERSECTION (21FLWPB_WQX-28010899) 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. of Environmental Protection, Southeast District (identifier 21FLWPB_WQX), has the name "WPB CANAL 5.2 MILES SE US98/US441 INTERSECTION" and has the identifier 21FLWPB_WQX-28010899. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090202.

This site is located in Palm Beach County County, Florida at 26.8125000000 degrees latitude and -80.5638889000 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-28010899" 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 2001 - 2002
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2001 - 2002
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2001 - 2002
Microbiological 2005 - 2006
Not Assigned 2001 - 2001
Nutrient 2001 - 2005
Physical 2001 - 2006
*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-28010899
MonitoringLocationName WPB CANAL 5.2 MILES SE US98/US441 INTERSECTION
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SEGMENT 28.1EA BODY OF WATER:WEST PALM BEACH CANAL THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE WEST PALM BEACH CANAL 5.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 98 AND U.S. 441. THIS STATION IS LOCATED APPROX. 5.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF CANAL POINT WHICH IS APPROX. 3 MILES NORTH OF THE TOWN OF PAHOKEE. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTHEAST BASIN CODE: 032800 MINOR BASIN NAME: LOWER FLORIDA AREA
HUCEightDigitCode 03090202
LatitudeMeasure 26.8125000000
LongitudeMeasure -80.5638889000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET