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Intracoastal Waterway West of Lafitte, Louisiana (LADEQWPD_WQX-0898) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This canal drainage site, maintained by the LDEQ/Water Planning and Assessment (Louisiana) (identifier LADEQWPD_WQX), has the name "Intracoastal Waterway West of Lafitte, Louisiana" and has the identifier LADEQWPD_WQX-0898. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)08090301.

This site is located in Lafourche Parish County, Louisiana at 29.6562690000 degrees latitude and -90.2285760000 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-0898" 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 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2008
Microbiological 2004 - 2020
Not Assigned 2004 - 2020
Nutrient 2004 - 2020
Organics, Other 2004 - 2020
Organics, Pesticide 2004 - 2020
Physical 2004 - 2020
*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-0898
MonitoringLocationName Intracoastal Waterway West of Lafitte, Louisiana
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Drainage
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 3.1 miles southwest of Bayou Perot intersection at Powerline Crossing, 7.3 miles west of Lafitte, 9.1 miles east-southeast of Carmadelle, 7.8 miles southwest of Barataria
HUCEightDigitCode 08090301
LatitudeMeasure 29.6562690000
LongitudeMeasure -90.2285760000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 12
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 22
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET