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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  LPBFSAVEOURLAKE >  LPBFSAVEOURLAKE-PBD 05

Violet Canal (LPBFSAVEOURLAKE-PBD 05) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (Volunteer)* (identifier LPBFSAVEOURLAKE), has the name "Violet Canal" and has the identifier LPBFSAVEOURLAKE-PBD 05. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08090203.

This site is located in St. Bernard Parish County, Louisiana at 29.8988200000 degrees latitude and -89.9005300000 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 "LPBFSAVEOURLAKE-PBD 05" 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 2019 - 2021
*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 LPBFSAVEOURLAKE
OrganizationFormalName Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation (Volunteer)*
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LPBFSAVEOURLAKE-PBD 05
MonitoringLocationName Violet Canal
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 08090203
LatitudeMeasure 29.8988200000
LongitudeMeasure -89.9005300000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET