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CARANCAHUA BAY APPROXIMATELY 365 METERS WEST AND 356 METERS SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF JACKSON CR 479 AND JACKSON CO 480 (TCEQMAIN-21747) 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 "CARANCAHUA BAY APPROXIMATELY 365 METERS WEST AND 356 METERS SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF JACKSON CR 479 AND JACKSON CO 480" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-21747. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12100401.

This site is located in Jackson County County, Texas at 28.6857000000 degrees latitude and -96.3929000000 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 "TCEQMAIN-21747" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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, Counts 2015 - 2016
Information 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2016
Microbiological 2015 - 2016
Organics, Other 2015 - 2016
Physical 2015 - 2016
*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-21747
MonitoringLocationName CARANCAHUA BAY APPROXIMATELY 365 METERS WEST AND 356 METERS SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF JACKSON CR 479 AND JACKSON CO 480
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 12100401
LatitudeMeasure 28.6857000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.3929000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 25000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 239
ProviderName STORET