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Big Bayou (21FLPDEM-AMB 50-1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental Management (Florida) (identifier 21FLPDEM), has the name "Big Bayou" and has the identifier 21FLPDEM-AMB 50-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100206.

This site is located in Pinellas County County, Florida at 27.7334387 degrees latitude and -82.6366609 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 "21FLPDEM-AMB 50-1" 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 1999 - 2002
Information 2002 - 2002
Nutrient 1999 - 2002
Physical 1999 - 2002
*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 21FLPDEM
OrganizationFormalName Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental Management (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLPDEM-AMB 50-1
MonitoringLocationName Big Bayou
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sampled from the south side of the Coquina Key bridge, mid span. This tidally influenced station often has strong currents depending on the tides. Both sides of the Class II waterbody are lined with seawalls. This station is sampled bimonthly.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100206
LatitudeMeasure 27.7334387
LongitudeMeasure -82.6366609
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET