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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLPNS_WQX >  21FLPNS_WQX-OKALOOSA323

Gulf of Mexico at Wayside Park, Okaloosa County (also 21FLDOH) (21FLPNS_WQX-OKALOOSA323) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Northwest District (identifier 21FLPNS_WQX), has the name "Gulf of Mexico at Wayside Park, Okaloosa County (also 21FLDOH)" and has the identifier 21FLPNS_WQX-OKALOOSA323. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140105.

This site is located in Okaloosa County County, Florida at 30.3932954000 degrees latitude and -86.5926018000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Photo" and the accuracy is Unknown seconds. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLPNS_WQX-OKALOOSA323" 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*
Microbiological 2017 - 2018
Not Assigned 2018 - 2018
Organics, Other 2017 - 2018
Organics, Pesticide 2017 - 2018
Physical 2017 - 2018
*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-OKALOOSA323
MonitoringLocationName Gulf of Mexico at Wayside Park, Okaloosa County (also 21FLDOH)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Gulf of Mexico at Wayside Park, Okaloosa County (also 21FLDOH)
HUCEightDigitCode 03140105
LatitudeMeasure 30.3932954000
LongitudeMeasure -86.5926018000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET