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LAVACA BAY SOUTH OF RHODES PT (TCEQMAIN-17555) 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 "LAVACA BAY SOUTH OF RHODES PT" and has the identifier TCEQMAIN-17555. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)12100401.

This site is located in Calhoun County County, Texas at 28.5977000000 degrees latitude and -96.5160000000 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-17555" 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, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2002 - 2002
Biological, Counts 2002 - 2003
Information 2002 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2003
Nutrient 2002 - 2003
Organics, Other 2002 - 2003
Physical 2002 - 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-17555
MonitoringLocationName LAVACA BAY SOUTH OF RHODES PT
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 12100401
LatitudeMeasure 28.5977000000
LongitudeMeasure -96.5160000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 48
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET