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Biscayne Bay btw Julia Tuttle Causeway and San Marino Isl (21FLSFWM_WQX-BB17) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the South Florida Water Management District (identifier 21FLSFWM_WQX), has the name "Biscayne Bay btw Julia Tuttle Causeway and San Marino Isl" and has the identifier 21FLSFWM_WQX-BB17. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090206.

This site is located in Miami-Dade County County, Florida at 25.8026713000 degrees latitude and -80.1659720000 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 "21FLSFWM_WQX-BB17" 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*
Organics, Other 2010 - 2011
*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 21FLSFWM_WQX
OrganizationFormalName South Florida Water Management District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSFWM_WQX-BB17
MonitoringLocationName Biscayne Bay btw Julia Tuttle Causeway and San Marino Isl
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Biscayne Bay Midway between Julia Tuttle Causeway and San Marino Island
HUCEightDigitCode 03090206
LatitudeMeasure 25.8026713000
LongitudeMeasure -80.1659720000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 086
ProviderName STORET