Baffle Creek 2020 (Quality)

Baffle Creek water quality monitoring data - Historical

Created 04/05/2025

Updated 04/05/2025

Time series physicochemical in-situ parameter readings for 2020.

Water Quality Parameters measured are: Timestamp, Record, Temperature Degrees C, Specific Conductivity uS/cm, pH, Dissolved Oxygen %Sat, Dissolved Oxygen _mg/l, Turbidity NTU, Chlorophyll a _ug/l.

Yellow in colour, this is a floating 0.7 m diameter buoy anchored within the tidal zone at the Ferry Crossing approximately 16km from the mouth of Baffle Creek, between Gladstone and Bundaberg, Lat: -24.50861, Lon: 151.9279, Datum: GDA.

Water column depth at this position is approximately 6.0 meters.

Readings are taken from submersed YSI 6 series instrument Model 6600 at 0.4m below water surface.

Quality Codes
[990] Uncertain – Subnormal
[1000] WQ – Good – Verified
[1010] WQ – Good – Checked
[1030] WQ – Good – Historical
[2000] WQ – Uncertain – Unchecked
[3010] WQ – Bad – Pump failure
[3020] WQ – Bad – Probe failure
[3030] WQ – Bad – Flow Cell Failure
[3040] WQ – Bad – Unknown Failure
[3050] WQ – Bad – No Data
[3060] WQ – Bad – Equipment out of water

Legacy Quality Codes
[1] [LEGACY] WQ – Good – Checked
[2] [LEGACY] WQ – Good - Verified
[4] [LEGACY] WQ – Good – Historical
[101] [LEGACY] WQ – Uncertain – Unchecked
[105] [LEGACY] WQ – Uncertain - Historical
[201] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Pump failure
[202] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Probe failure
[203] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Flow Cell Failure
[205] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – No Data
[206] [LEGACY] WQ – Bad – Probe Outside Limits

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://data.des.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/file/0025/264265/baffle-creek-quality-2020.csv