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Pascagoula Beach East (21MSBCH-MS743032) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-ocean site, maintained by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (BEACH) (identifier 21MSBCH), has the name "Pascagoula Beach East" and has the identifier 21MSBCH-MS743032. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03170009.

This site is located in Jackson County County, Mississippi at 30.3418330000 degrees latitude and -88.5270000000 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 "21MSBCH-MS743032" 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 207 - 2015
*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 21MSBCH
OrganizationFormalName Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (BEACH)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MSBCH-MS743032
MonitoringLocationName Pascagoula Beach East
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 20
HUCEightDigitCode 03170009
LatitudeMeasure 30.3418330000
LongitudeMeasure -88.5270000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET