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Florida Bay (NARS_WQX-FL00-0029) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS) (identifier NARS_WQX), has the name "Florida Bay" and has the identifier NARS_WQX-FL00-0029.

This site is located in Monroe County County, Florida at 24.8265000000 degrees latitude and -81.4042000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential" and the accuracy is 100 m.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "NARS_WQX-FL00-0029" 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 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2000
Organics, Other 2000 - 2000
Organics, Pesticide 2000 - 2000
*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 NARS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resources Survey (NARS)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS_WQX-FL00-0029
MonitoringLocationName Florida Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ALT_NAME="STR200029";RESOURCE="NCA";GIS_CLASS="> 250 SQ.Kilometers";REGION="GULF";STRATA_ID="FL00-01";CLASCODE="BASE";VISNUM="1";GIS_REGION="Gulf of Mexico";PROBSITE="Y";PROVINCE="West Indian";EPA_REG="4";GEO_GRP="Gulf Coast";DEPTH_M="2.5";Note="See NCCA publications for description of fields stored in this comment field."
LatitudeMeasure 24.8265000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.4042000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 100
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET