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Apalachicola Bay in WBID 1274C (1274C-1) (21FLPNS_WQX-22010C21) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Northwest District (identifier 21FLPNS_WQX), has the name "Apalachicola Bay in WBID 1274C (1274C-1)" and has the identifier 21FLPNS_WQX-22010C21. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03130014.

This site is located in Franklin County County, Florida at 29.7735000000 degrees latitude and -84.7880000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLPNS_WQX-22010C21" 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, Cyanobacteria 2012 - 2012
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2012
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2012
Information 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Microbiological 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2012 - 2012
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
*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 21FLPNS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Northwest District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLPNS_WQX-22010C21
MonitoringLocationName Apalachicola Bay in WBID 1274C (1274C-1)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03130014
LatitudeMeasure 29.7735000000
LongitudeMeasure -84.7880000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET