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Long Island Sound: Near Jetty East side of beach (CT_DEP01-CT-DEP-BCH-14) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection (identifier CT_DEP01), has the name "Long Island Sound: Near Jetty East side of beach" and has the identifier CT_DEP01-CT-DEP-BCH-14. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02030203.

This site is located in Fairfield County County, Connecticut at 41.1100000 degrees latitude and -73.3200000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "CT_DEP01-CT-DEP-BCH-14" 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 1997 - 2003
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier CT_DEP01
OrganizationFormalName Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CT_DEP01-CT-DEP-BCH-14
MonitoringLocationName Long Island Sound: Near Jetty East side of beach
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 02030203
LatitudeMeasure 41.1100000
LongitudeMeasure -73.3200000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 09
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET