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Bogue Falaya at Covington, LA (USGS-07375170) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Louisiana Water Science Center (identifier USGS-LA), has the name "Bogue Falaya at Covington, LA" and has the identifier USGS-07375170. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08090201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 88.20 sq mi.

This site is located in St. Tammany Parish County, Louisiana at 30.49963635000000 degrees latitude and -90.0845216000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 0.00 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is 0.5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-07375170" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 1998 - 1999
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1998 - 1999
Information 1974 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1967 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1967 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1967 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1998
Microbiological 1974 - 1998
Nutrient 1967 - 1999
Organics, Other 1974 - 1999
Organics, PCBs 1974 - 1998
Organics, Pesticide 1974 - 1999
Physical 1967 - 1999
Radiochemical 1998 - 1998
Sediment 1998 - 1999
*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 USGS-LA
OrganizationFormalName USGS Louisiana Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-07375170
MonitoringLocationName Bogue Falaya at Covington, LA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 08090201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 88.20
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 30.49963635000000
LongitudeMeasure -90.0845216000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0.00
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 103
ProviderName NWIS