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ESCAMBIA BAY SECT D BUOY N12 (21FLPNS_WQX-330200D5) 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 "ESCAMBIA BAY SECT D BUOY N12" and has the identifier 21FLPNS_WQX-330200D5. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140105.

This site is located in Escambia County County, Florida at 30.5083333000 degrees latitude and -87.1416667000 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-330200D5" 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 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Organics, Other 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2014
*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-330200D5
MonitoringLocationName ESCAMBIA BAY SECT D BUOY N12
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SEGMENT 33.2BA BODY OF WATER: BAY, ESCAMBIA ESCAMBIA BAY, SECTION D, BUOY N12 MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTH-EAST BASIN CODE: 033391 MINOR BASIN NAME: PERDIDO-ESCAMBIA
HUCEightDigitCode 03140105
LatitudeMeasure 30.5083333000
LongitudeMeasure -87.1416667000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET