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Vermilion Bay South of New Iberia, Louisiana (LADEQWPD_WQX-0316) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the LDEQ/Water Planning and Assessment (Louisiana) (identifier LADEQWPD_WQX), has the name "Vermilion Bay South of New Iberia, Louisiana" and has the identifier LADEQWPD_WQX-0316. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08080103.

This site is located in St. Mary Parish County, Louisiana at 29.7052100000 degrees latitude and -91.8817870000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. The horizontal location collection method was "Unknown" and the accuracy is 12 m. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "LADEQWPD_WQX-0316" 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.

Leaflet USGS The National Map: National Boundaries Dataset, 3DEP Elevation Program, Geographic Names Information System, National Hydrography Dataset, National Land Cover Database, National Structures Dataset, and National Transportation Dataset; USGS Global Ecosystems; U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line data; USFS Road data; Natural Earth Data; U.S. Department of State HIU; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Data refreshed February, 2025.

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 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2011
Microbiological 2005 - 2019
Not Assigned 2005 - 2019
Nutrient 2005 - 2019
Organics, Other 2005 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 2005 - 2019
Physical 2005 - 2019
*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 LADEQWPD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName LDEQ/Water Planning and Assessment (Louisiana)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LADEQWPD_WQX-0316
MonitoringLocationName Vermilion Bay South of New Iberia, Louisiana
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 1.0 mile south-southwest of Cypremort Point, 8.4 miles south-southwest of Weeks, 20.9 miles south of New Iberia, 24.0 miles southeast of Abbeville
HUCEightDigitCode 08080103
LatitudeMeasure 29.7052100000
LongitudeMeasure -91.8817870000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET