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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLPNS_WQX >  21FLPNS_WQX-32030IB1

POSTEN BAY SOUTH OF BR (21FLPNS_WQX-32030IB1) 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 "POSTEN BAY SOUTH OF BR" and has the identifier 21FLPNS_WQX-32030IB1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140101.

This site is located in Bay County County, Florida at 30.1888889000 degrees latitude and -85.7166667000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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-32030IB1" 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 2009 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Information 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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-32030IB1
MonitoringLocationName POSTEN BAY SOUTH OF BR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SEGMENT 32.3AA BODY OF WATER: BAYOU, POSTEN POSTEN BAYOU HEAD OF BAYOU SOUTH OF BRIDGE MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTH-EAST BASIN CODE: 033291 MINOR BASIN NAME: CHOCTAWHATCHEE
HUCEightDigitCode 03140101
LatitudeMeasure 30.1888889000
LongitudeMeasure -85.7166667000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 005
ProviderName STORET