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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLDADE >  21FLDADE-BB32

Biscayne Bay (21FLDADE-BB32) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Dade Environmental Resource Management (Florida) (identifier 21FLDADE), has the name "Biscayne Bay" and has the identifier 21FLDADE-BB32. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090206.

This site is located in Miami-Dade County County, Florida at 25.6856800 degrees latitude and -80.1835687 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "21FLDADE-BB32" 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*
Information 1994 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 2004
Microbiological 1994 - 2004
Physical 1994 - 2004
*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 21FLDADE
OrganizationFormalName Dade Environmental Resource Management (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLDADE-BB32
MonitoringLocationName Biscayne Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Biscayne Bay west of Cape Florida at red channal marker
HUCEightDigitCode 03090206
LatitudeMeasure 25.6856800
LongitudeMeasure -80.1835687
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Address Matching-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 086
ProviderName STORET