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CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND COASTAL AREA 
262750081544400 COW CREEK E OF HURRICANE BAY BR NR FT MYERS BCH FL 
LOCATION.--Lat 26o 27’ 50”, long 81o 54’ 44”, in NW 1/4 sec. 21, T. 46 S., R. 24 E., Lee 
County, Hydrologic Unit 03090204, 300 yards down stream of mouth of Cow Creek, 2 miles east 
of Mid Island Beach Marina located at the mouth of Hell Peckney Bay, Ft. Myers Beach.
DRAINAGE AREA.--Indeterminate.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SALINITY: September 2002 to January 2004. 
WATER TEMPERATURE: September 2002 to Janauary 2004. 
INSTRUMENTATION.--Water-quality monitor. 
REMARKS.--Salinity records rated excellent. Temperature records rated excellent. Elevation of 
the water-quality monitor was undetermined, set 0.5 ft above sediment. 
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SALINITY: Maximum recorded, 35.6 ppt May 13, 2003, but may have been higher during 
period of missing record; minimum recorded 5.3 ppt. Sept. 27, 2002. 
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded, 35.7 ‘C, July 21, 2003, but may have been 
higher during period of missing record; minimum recorded, 15.2‘C, Jan. 22, 2003, but may 
have been lower during periods of missing record. 
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--
SALINITY: Maximum 31.6 ppt Dec. 4, but may have been higher during period of missing 
record; minimum 19.2 ppt Oct. 8, but may have been lower during period of missing record. 
WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum recorded 31.1 ‘C, Oct. 19, but may have been higher 
during period of missing record; minimum recorded, 18.1 ‘C, Nov. 11, and Dec. 4 , but may 
have been lower during periods of missing record.