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Isle Of Wight Bay (MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-XDN2340) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Maryland Dept. of the Environment In House Water Data (identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX), has the name "Isle Of Wight Bay" and has the identifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-XDN2340. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040303.

This site is located in Worcester County County, Maryland at 38.3733330000 degrees latitude and -75.1025000000 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 "MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-XDN2340" 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 1998 - 1998
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1998 - 1998
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1998 - 1998
Information 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Nutrient 1998 - 1998
Organics, Other 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 1998
*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 MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Maryland Dept. of the Environment In House Water Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MDE_FIELDSERVICES_WQX-XDN2340
MonitoringLocationName Isle Of Wight Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Mid-bay, 1000 yds West of daymarker "14"
HUCEightDigitCode 02040303
LatitudeMeasure 38.3733330000
LongitudeMeasure -75.1025000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET