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LOWER GALVESTON BAY 98GB031 (TCEQMAIN-16524) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (identifier TCEQMAIN), has the name "LOWER GALVESTON BAY 98GB031" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-16524. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12040202.

This site is located in Galveston County County, Texas at 29.4268000000 degrees latitude and -94.7541000000 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-16524" 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 2000 - 2015
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2004 - 2019
Biological, Counts 2008 - 2016
Information 1999 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2016
Microbiological 2004 - 2016
Nutrient 1999 - 2019
Organics, Other 2003 - 2019
Organics, PCBs 2012 - 2012
Physical 1999 - 2019
Stable Isotopes 2000 - 2000
*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-16524
MonitoringLocationName LOWER GALVESTON BAY 98GB031
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 12040202
LatitudeMeasure 29.4268000000
LongitudeMeasure -94.7541000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 167
ProviderName STORET