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BAYOU HERON (21MSWQ_WQX-MS17-306) 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 MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (identifier 21MSWQ_WQX), has the name "BAYOU HERON" and has the identifier 21MSWQ_WQX-MS17-306. 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 30.3921957900 degrees latitude and -88.3979672600 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "21MSWQ_WQX-MS17-306" 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, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2017 - 2017
Information 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2017 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2017 - 2017
Nutrient 2017 - 2017
Organics, Other 2017 - 2017
Organics, PCBs 2017 - 2017
Organics, Pesticide 2017 - 2017
Physical 2017 - 2017
*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 21MSWQ_WQX
OrganizationFormalName MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21MSWQ_WQX-MS17-306
MonitoringLocationName BAYOU HERON
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText COUNTY: JACKSON ECOREGION: 75K
HUCEightDigitCode 03170009
LatitudeMeasure 30.3921957900
LongitudeMeasure -88.3979672600
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 28
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET