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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLTPA_WQX >  21FLTPA_WQX-270641908212174

BI03BBIGSL (21FLTPA_WQX-270641908212174) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District (identifier 21FLTPA_WQX), has the name "BI03BBIGSL" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-270641908212174. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100102.

This site is located in Sarasota County County, Florida at 27.1116280000 degrees latitude and -82.2048420000 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 "21FLTPA_WQX-270641908212174" 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 2003 - 2008
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2003 - 2008
Information 2003 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Microbiological 2003 - 2008
Nutrient 2003 - 2008
Organics, Other 2003 - 2008
Physical 2003 - 2008
*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 21FLTPA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLTPA_WQX-270641908212174
MonitoringLocationName BI03BBIGSL
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Big Slough, downstream of Tropicaire Blvd crossing. Myakka R DOSSAC study.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100102
LatitudeMeasure 27.1116280000
LongitudeMeasure -82.2048420000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET