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BACK BAY OF BILOXI NEAR BILOXI, MISS. (USGS-02481270) 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 Mississippi Water Science Center (identifier USGS-MS), has the name "BACK BAY OF BILOXI NEAR BILOXI, MISS." and has the identifier USGS-02481270. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03170009. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Harrison County County, Mississippi at 30.41575340000000 degrees latitude and -88.9758669000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 0 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Level or other surveyed method." is 0.1 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-02481270" 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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2019 - 2019
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2019 - 2019
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2019 - 2019
Information 1974 - 1975
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1973 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 1975
Microbiological 1974 - 1977
Nutrient 1974 - 2019
Organics, Other 1974 - 1977
Organics, PCBs 1974 - 1975
Organics, Pesticide 1974 - 1975
Physical 1973 - 2019
Radiochemical 1974 - 1974
*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-MS
OrganizationFormalName USGS Mississippi Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02481270
MonitoringLocationName BACK BAY OF BILOXI NEAR BILOXI, MISS.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03170009
LatitudeMeasure 30.41575340000000
LongitudeMeasure -88.9758669000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 0.1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Level or other surveyed method.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 047
ProviderName NWIS