Long-term Fixed Station Monthly Monitoring Station Information
Below is a table of our Longterm Monitoring stations with the range of years sampled, site coordinates, and station descriptions. Mouseover each station name to read some details about the site description.
*DATAHUB LINK NOTE: The Station ID hyperlinks will direct you to the comma-delimited Eyes on the Bay data stored on the Chesapeake Bay Program's DataHub, for the entire date range available for each station. You can then choose to save the data as a .txt file, or copy and paste the data into your spreadsheet program of choice.
| Station ID *with direct DataHub link* |
Tributary | Station Name (mouseover for site description) |
Latitude | Longitude | Years Sampled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYR0017 | Coastal Bays | Ayer Creek | 38.2945 | -75.1626 | 1999 - 2024 |
| BXK0031 | Lower Eastern Shore | Back Creek | 38.1356 | -75.7516 | 1976 - 2024 |
| CB1.0 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Susquehanna River | 39.6562 | -76.1750 | 1973 - 2024 |
| CB1.1 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Susquehanna River | 39.5451 | -76.0813 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB2.1 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Turkey Point | 39.4401 | -76.0247 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB2.2 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Still Pond | 39.3468 | -76.1747 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB3.1 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Gunpowder Neck | 39.2484 | -76.2380 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB3.2 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Swan Point | 39.1634 | -76.3063 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB3.3C | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Bay Bridge | 38.9951 | -76.3597 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB3.3E | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Bay Bridge (NE) | 39.0033 | -76.3467 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB3.3W | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Bay Bridge (NW) | 39.0046 | -76.3881 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.1C | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Kent Point (SW) | 38.8251 | -76.3997 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.1E | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Kent Point (S) | 38.8167 | -76.3717 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.1W | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Horseshoe Point | 38.8142 | -76.4650 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.2C | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | MD Mid Bay | 38.6448 | -76.4177 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.2E | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Tilghman Island | 38.6450 | -76.4017 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.2W | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Plum Point | 38.6433 | -76.5017 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.3C | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Dares Beach | 38.5565 | -76.4347 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.3E | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Mouth of Choptank River | 38.5567 | -76.3917 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.3W | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Dares Beach | 38.5575 | -76.4933 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB4.4 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Cove Point | 38.4132 | -76.3430 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB5.1 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Cedar Point | 38.3185 | -76.2930 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB5.1W | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Mouth of Patuxent River | 38.3252 | -76.3757 | 1974 - 2024 |
| CB5.2 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Point No Point | 38.1368 | -76.2280 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CB5.3 | Chesapeake Bay Mainstem | Smith Point | 37.9118 | -76.1680 | 1984 - 2024 |
| CCM0069 | Lower Eastern Shore | Chicamacomico River | 38.4423 | -75.9048 | 2002 - 2024 |
| EE1.1 | Upper Eastern Shore | Eastern Bay | 38.8835 | -76.2497 | 1984 - 2024 |
| EE2.1 | Choptank River | Outer Choptank | 38.6501 | -76.2747 | 1984 - 2024 |
| EE2.2 | Choptank River | Little Choptank | 38.5335 | -76.3080 | 1984 - 2024 |
| EE3.0 | Lower Eastern Shore | Fishing Bay | 38.2835 | -76.0163 | 1986 - 2024 |
| EE3.1 | Lower Eastern Shore | N. Tangier Sound | 38.2001 | -75.9747 | 1984 - 2024 |
| EE3.2 | Lower Eastern Shore | S. Tangier Sound | 37.9801 | -75.9247 | 1986 - 2024 |
| EE3.3 | Lower Eastern Shore | Pocomoke Sound | 37.9418 | -75.7663 | 1986 - 2024 |
| ET1.1 | Upper Eastern Shore | Northeast River | 39.5751 | -75.9580 | 1985 - 2024 |
| ET10.1 | Lower Eastern Shore | Pocomoke River | 38.0835 | -75.5663 | 1986 - 2024 |
| ET2.1 | Upper Eastern Shore | Back Creek (C&D Canal) | 39.5251 | -75.8163 | 1985 - 2024 |
| ET2.2 | Upper Eastern Shore | Bohemia River | 39.4668 | -75.8747 | 1985 - 2024 |
| ET2.3 | Upper Eastern Shore | Elk River | 39.5085 | -75.8997 | 1985 - 2024 |
| ET3.1 | Upper Eastern Shore | Sassafras River | 39.3668 | -75.8830 | 1985 - 2024 |
| ET4.1 | Upper Eastern Shore | Chester River | 39.2437 | -75.9246 | 1984 - 2024 |
| ET4.2 | Upper Eastern Shore | Lower Chester River | 38.9918 | -76.2163 | 1984 - 2024 |
| ET5.1 | Choptank River | Choptank River at Ganeys Wharf | 38.8071 | -75.9119 | 1984 - 2024 |
| ET5.2 | Choptank River | Choptank River | 38.5801 | -76.0580 | 1984 - 2024 |
| ET6.1 | Lower Eastern Shore | Nanticoke River (Sharptown) | 38.5334 | -75.7163 | 1986 - 2024 |
| ET6.2 | Lower Eastern Shore | Nanticoke River | 38.3335 | -75.8830 | 1986 - 2024 |
| ET7.1 | Lower Eastern Shore | Wicomico River (Whitehaven) | 38.2668 | -75.7913 | 1986 - 2024 |
| ET8.1 | Lower Eastern Shore | Manokin River | 38.1379 | -75.8141 | 1986 - 2024 |
| ET9.1 | Lower Eastern Shore | Big Annemessex River | 38.0585 | -75.8080 | 1986 - 2024 |
| GUN0125 | Upper Western Shore | Gunpowder River | 39.4257 | -76.5289 | 1986 - 2024 |
| HEC0012 | Coastal Bays | Herring Creek | 38.3395 | -75.1298 | 1999 - 2024 |
| LE1.1 | Patuxent River | Jack Bay | 38.4251 | -76.6016 | 1985 - 2024 |
| LE1.2 | Patuxent River | St. Leonard | 38.3787 | -76.5111 | 1985 - 2024 |
| LE1.3 | Patuxent River | Above Point Patience | 38.3407 | -76.4880 | 1985 - 2024 |
| LE1.4 | Patuxent River | Drum Point | 38.3121 | -76.4213 | 1985 - 2024 |
| LE2.2 | Lower Potomac River | Ragged Point | 38.1668 | -76.5830 | 1984 - 2024 |
| LE2.3 | Lower Potomac River | Point Lookout | 38.0215 | -76.3477 | 1984 - 2024 |
| MAT0016 | MAT0016 | 38.5651 | -77.1935 | 0 - 2024 | |
| MAT0078 | MAT0078 | 38.5885 | -77.1186 | 0 - 2024 | |
| MNK0146 | Lower Eastern Shore | Manokin River | 38.1751 | -75.7224 | 1974 - 2024 |
| MSL0011 | Coastal Bays | Marshall Creek | 38.2363 | -75.2580 | 2001 - 2024 |
| PIS0033 | PIS0033 | 38.6984 | -76.9867 | 0 - 2024 | |
| POK0087 | Lower Eastern Shore | Pocomoke River | 38.0385 | -75.6612 | 1976 - 2024 |
| POT1184 | Middle Potomac River | Little Falls | 38.9482 | -77.1272 | 1986 - 2024 |
| POT1830 | Upper Potomac River | Shepherdstown | 39.4351 | -77.8028 | 1986 - 2024 |
| RET1.1 | Patuxent River | Below Benedict | 38.4907 | -76.6641 | 1985 - 2024 |
| RET2.1 | Potomac River | RET2.1 | 38.4035 | -77.2691 | 0 - 2024 |
| RET2.2 | Lower Potomac River | Maryland Point | 38.3521 | -77.2044 | 1984 - 2024 |
| RET2.4 | Lower Potomac River | Morgantown Bridge (Rte 301) | 38.3626 | -76.9905 | 1986 - 2024 |
| SPR0009 | Coastal Bays | Shingle Landing Prong | 38.4071 | -75.1853 | 1999 - 2024 |
| TF1.0 | Patuxent River | US Rte 50 Bridge | 38.9559 | -76.6930 | 1985 - 2024 |
| TF1.2 | Patuxent River | Western Branch | 38.8143 | -76.7508 | 1985 - 2024 |
| TF1.3 | Patuxent River | TF1.3 | 38.8109 | -76.7123 | 0 - 2024 |
| TF1.4 | Patuxent River | Jackson Landing | 38.7729 | -76.7100 | 1985 - 2024 |
| TF1.5 | Patuxent River | Nottingham | 38.7101 | -76.7014 | 1985 - 2024 |
| TF1.6 | Patuxent River | Lower Marlboro | 38.6579 | -76.6844 | 1985 - 2024 |
| TF1.7 | Patuxent River | Above Benedict | 38.5818 | -76.6802 | 1985 - 2024 |
| TF2.1 | Middle Potomac River | Off Piscataway | 38.7065 | -77.0486 | 1986 - 2024 |
| TF2.2 | Potomac River | TF2.2 | 38.6907 | -77.1111 | 0 - 2024 |
| TF2.3 | Lower Potomac River | Indian Head | 38.6082 | -77.1739 | 1984 - 2024 |
| TF2.4 | Lower Potomac River | Quantico | 38.5298 | -77.2653 | 1986 - 2024 |
| TRC0043 | Coastal Bays | Trappe Creek | 38.2964 | -75.1805 | 1999 - 2024 |
| TRQ0088 | Lower Eastern Shore | Transquaking River | 38.4173 | -75.9934 | 1973 - 2024 |
| TRQ0146 | Lower Eastern Shore | Transquaking River | 38.4657 | -76.0001 | 1973 - 2024 |
| TUV0034 | Coastal Bays | Turville Creek | 38.3584 | -75.1681 | 1999 - 2024 |
| WIW0141 | Lower Eastern Shore | Wicomico River | 38.3415 | -75.6957 | 2015 - 2024 |
| WT1.1 | Upper Western Shore | Bush River | 39.4334 | -76.2413 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT2.1 | Upper Western Shore | Gunpowder River (tidal) | 39.3834 | -76.3416 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT3.1 | Upper Western Shore | Middle River | 39.3001 | -76.3997 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT4.1 | Western Shore Patapsco and Back Rivers | Back River | 39.2834 | -76.4497 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT5.1 | Western Shore Patapsco and Back Rivers | Baltimore Harbor | 39.2084 | -76.5247 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT6.1 | Lower Western Shore | Magothy River | 39.0751 | -76.4747 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT7.1 | Lower Western Shore | Severn River | 39.0068 | -76.5046 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT8.1 | Lower Western Shore | South River | 38.9493 | -76.5464 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT8.2 | Lower Western Shore | Rhode River | 38.8834 | -76.5330 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WT8.3 | Lower Western Shore | West River | 38.8501 | -76.5330 | 1984 - 2024 |
| WXT0001 | Patuxent River | WXT0001 | 38.7854 | -76.7134 | 0 - 2024 |
| XAK7810 | Lower Eastern Shore | Pocomoke River | 37.9640 | -75.6505 | 1974 - 2024 |
| XBM1301 | Coastal Bays | Chincoteague Bay | 38.0216 | -75.3328 | 2001 - 2024 |
| XBM8149 | Coastal Bays | Chincoteague Bay | 38.1351 | -75.2516 | 2001 - 2024 |
| XCI4078 | Lower Eastern Shore | Wicomico River | 38.2338 | -75.8696 | 1974 - 2024 |
| XCM1562 | Coastal Bays | Chincoteague Bay | 38.1885 | -75.2311 | 1999 - 2024 |
| XCM4878 | Coastal Bays | Newport Bay | 38.2414 | -75.2104 | 1999 - 2024 |
| XDJ9007 | Lower Eastern Shore | Nanticoke River | 38.4837 | -75.8210 | 1973 - 2024 |
| XDN2438 | Coastal Bays | Isle of Wight Bay | 38.3547 | -75.0895 | 2001 - 2024 |
| XDN3445 | Coastal Bays | Assawoman Bay | 38.3892 | -75.0916 | 2001 - 2024 |
| XDN4312 | Coastal Bays | St. Martins River | 38.4056 | -75.1461 | 1999 - 2024 |
| XDN5737 | Coastal Bays | Greys Creek | 38.4284 | -75.1046 | 2001 - 2024 |
| XDN6454 | Coastal Bays | N. Assawoman Bay | 38.4418 | -75.0771 | 2001 - 2024 |
| XFB1986 | XFB1986 | 38.6979 | -77.0232 | 0 - 2024 |