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Sombrero Reef Lighthouse (11FLKNMS-FKNMS_SOMBRERO) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (Florida) (identifier 11FLKNMS), has the name "Sombrero Reef Lighthouse" and has the identifier 11FLKNMS-FKNMS_SOMBRERO. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090203.

This site is located in Monroe County County, Florida at 24.6263333 degrees latitude and -81.1106330 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11FLKNMS-FKNMS_SOMBRERO" 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*
Physical 1991 - 2005
*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 11FLKNMS
OrganizationFormalName Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11FLKNMS-FKNMS_SOMBRERO
MonitoringLocationName Sombrero Reef Lighthouse
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Submerged water temperature recording station near the Sombrero Reef Lighthouse. This is one of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary's submerged water temperature recording stations. These stations, located throughout the Keys, ocean and bay-side, are used to correlate water temperatures with events on the reef (eg. coral bleaching, algae blooms, etc.).
HUCEightDigitCode 03090203
LatitudeMeasure 24.6263333
LongitudeMeasure -81.1106330
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET