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LWR GALVESTON BAY S SIDE DIKE (TCEQMAIN-16553) 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 "LWR GALVESTON BAY S SIDE DIKE" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-16553. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12040204.

This site is located in Galveston County County, Texas at 29.3816000000 degrees latitude and -94.8675000000 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-16553" 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*
Information 1999 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2003
Microbiological 1999 - 2003
Nutrient 1999 - 2003
Organics, Other 1999 - 2001
Physical 1999 - 2003
*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-16553
MonitoringLocationName LWR GALVESTON BAY S SIDE DIKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 12040204
LatitudeMeasure 29.3816000000
LongitudeMeasure -94.8675000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 167
ProviderName STORET