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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLSARA_WQX >  21FLSARA_WQX-07-2-02

Sarasota Bay, west-central area, north of Halyard Dr., Feb. (21FLSARA_WQX-07-2-02) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Sarasota County Environmental Services (identifier 21FLSARA_WQX), has the name "Sarasota Bay, west-central area, north of Halyard Dr., Feb." and has the identifier 21FLSARA_WQX-07-2-02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100201.

This site is located in Sarasota County County, Florida at 27.3694000000 degrees latitude and -82.5984000000 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 "21FLSARA_WQX-07-2-02" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2002 - 2004
Information 2002 - 2004
Nutrient 2002 - 2004
Physical 2002 - 2004
*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 21FLSARA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Sarasota County Environmental Services
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSARA_WQX-07-2-02
MonitoringLocationName Sarasota Bay, west-central area, north of Halyard Dr., Feb.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sarasota Bay, west-central area, north of Halyard Dr., Feb.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100201
LatitudeMeasure 27.3694000000
LongitudeMeasure -82.5984000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET