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LK (MOTE_WQX-Looe Key) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Mote Marine Laboratory (identifier MOTE_WQX), has the name "LK" and has the identifier MOTE_WQX-Looe Key.

This site is located in Monroe County County, Florida at 24.5459800000 degrees latitude and -81.4055600000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "MOTE_WQX-Looe Key" 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, Phytoplankton 2024 - 2024
Information 2024 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2024 - 2024
Not Assigned 2024 - 2024
Nutrient 2024 - 2024
Organics, Other 2024 - 2024
Physical 2024 - 2024
*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 MOTE_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Mote Marine Laboratory
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MOTE_WQX-Looe Key
MonitoringLocationName LK
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
LatitudeMeasure 24.5459800000
LongitudeMeasure -81.4055600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET