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LOWER GALVESTON BAY AT 96GB028 (TCEQMAIN-15923) 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 "LOWER GALVESTON BAY AT 96GB028" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-15923. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12040204.

This site is located in Galveston County County, Texas at 29.4159000000 degrees latitude and -94.8328000000 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-15923" 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 - 2006
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1997 - 2022
Biological, Counts 2010 - 2011
Information 1997 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1997 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Microbiological 2002 - 2021
Nutrient 1997 - 2022
Organics, Other 2001 - 2022
Organics, PCBs 2011 - 2011
Physical 1997 - 2022
*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-15923
MonitoringLocationName LOWER GALVESTON BAY AT 96GB028
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 12040204
LatitudeMeasure 29.4159000000
LongitudeMeasure -94.8328000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 167
ProviderName STORET