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Fourchon - 1 (21LABCH-FOUR1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This beach program site-ocean site, maintained by the Louisiana Department of Health (identifier 21LABCH), has the name "Fourchon - 1" and has the identifier 21LABCH-FOUR1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08090301.

This site is located in Lafourche Parish County, Louisiana at 29.1019400000 degrees latitude and -90.1891700000 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 "21LABCH-FOUR1" 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*
Microbiological 2005 - 2013
Physical 2005 - 2013
*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 21LABCH
OrganizationFormalName Louisiana Department of Health
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21LABCH-FOUR1
MonitoringLocationName Fourchon - 1
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Ocean
HUCEightDigitCode 08090301
LatitudeMeasure 29.1019400000
LongitudeMeasure -90.1891700000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Spot
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET