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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  DWH_SCRIBE1082 >  DWH_SCRIBE1082-R654-100906

R654-100906 (DWH_SCRIBE1082-R654-100906) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the BP Deep Water Horzon Oil Spill (identifier DWH_SCRIBE1082), has the name "R654-100906" and has the identifier DWH_SCRIBE1082-R654-100906. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08090203.

This site is located in Plaquemines Parish County, Louisiana at 29.4210830000 degrees latitude and -89.5949830000 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 "DWH_SCRIBE1082-R654-100906" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Organics, Other 2010 - 2010
*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 DWH_SCRIBE1082
OrganizationFormalName BP Deep Water Horzon Oil Spill
MonitoringLocationIdentifier DWH_SCRIBE1082-R654-100906
MonitoringLocationName R654-100906
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Near Shore
HUCEightDigitCode 08090203
LatitudeMeasure 29.4210830000
LongitudeMeasure -89.5949830000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 075
ProviderName STORET