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Pleasant Bay PBA17 (SMAST-1186) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (identifier SMAST), has the name "Pleasant Bay PBA17" and has the identifier SMAST-1186.

This site is located in Barnstable County County, Massachusetts at 41.6754694800 degrees latitude and -69.9249379000 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 "SMAST-1186" 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.

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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*
Information 2001 - 2001
Not Assigned 2001 - 2001
Nutrient 2001 - 2001
Physical 2001 - 2001
*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 SMAST
OrganizationFormalName UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SMAST-1186
MonitoringLocationName Pleasant Bay PBA17
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
LatitudeMeasure 41.6754694800
LongitudeMeasure -69.9249379000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 25
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET