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COW BAYOU AT FM1442 DS CB1 (TCEQMAIN-10449) 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (identifier TCEQMAIN), has the name "COW BAYOU AT FM1442 DS CB1" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-10449. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12010005.

This site is located in Orange County County, Texas at 30.0373000000 degrees latitude and -93.7956000000 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 "TCEQMAIN-10449" 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, Cyanobacteria 1977 - 1994
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1972 - 1994
Biological, Counts 2012 - 2017
Information 1974 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1991 - 1996
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1969 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 2024
Microbiological 1970 - 2024
Nutrient 1970 - 2024
Organics, Other 1985 - 2024
Organics, PCBs 1987 - 1987
Physical 1969 - 2024
*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 TCEQMAIN
OrganizationFormalName Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier TCEQMAIN-10449
MonitoringLocationName COW BAYOU AT FM1442 DS CB1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 12010005
LatitudeMeasure 30.0373000000
LongitudeMeasure -93.7956000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 361
ProviderName STORET