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UPPER GALVESTON BAY AT 95GB012 (TCEQMAIN-15243) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (identifier TCEQMAIN), has the name "UPPER GALVESTON BAY AT 95GB012" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-15243. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12040204.

This site is located in Chambers County County, Texas at 29.5746000000 degrees latitude and -94.9590000000 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 "TCEQMAIN-15243" 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 1996 - 2004
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1996 - 2017
Biological, Counts 2005 - 2017
Information 1996 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1996 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1997 - 2009
Microbiological 2013 - 2017
Nutrient 1996 - 2017
Organics, Other 1997 - 2017
Physical 1996 - 2017
Stable Isotopes 1997 - 1997
*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 TCEQMAIN
OrganizationFormalName Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TCEQMAIN-15243
MonitoringLocationName UPPER GALVESTON BAY AT 95GB012
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 12040204
LatitudeMeasure 29.5746000000
LongitudeMeasure -94.9590000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET