Bayou Chico Water Quality

Escambia County, Florida · no longer sampled

No longer sampled

The state no longer samples this site.

Latest test
Aug 12, 2024 (815 days ago)
Enterococci
10 per 100 mL

Results over time

101001000Mar 14, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 28, 2022: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 11, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 25, 2022: 63 per 100 mL (Moderate)May 9, 2022: 161 per 100 mL (Poor)May 23, 2022: 538 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 6, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 20, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 5, 2022: 135 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 18, 2022: 565 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 1, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 15, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 29, 2022: 134 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 12, 2022: 98 per 100 mL (Poor)Sep 26, 2022: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 10, 2022: 31 per 100 mL (Good)Oct 24, 2022: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 6, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 20, 2023: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Apr 3, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 17, 2023: 110 per 100 mL (Poor)May 1, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)May 15, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 30, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 12, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Jun 26, 2023: 160 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 10, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Jul 24, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Aug 7, 2023: 120 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 21, 2023: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Sep 5, 2023: 52 per 100 mL (Moderate)Sep 18, 2023: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 2, 2023: 211 per 100 mL (Poor)Oct 16, 2023: 41 per 100 mL (Moderate)Oct 30, 2023: 109 per 100 mL (Poor)Nov 6, 2023: 20 per 100 mL (Good)Mar 11, 2024: 84 per 100 mL (Poor)Mar 25, 2024: 600 per 100 mL (Poor)Apr 8, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)Apr 22, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 6, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)May 20, 2024: 75 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 3, 2024: 121 per 100 mL (Poor)Jun 17, 2024: 135 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 1, 2024: 84 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 15, 2024: 279 per 100 mL (Poor)Jul 29, 2024: 83 per 100 mL (Poor)Aug 12, 2024: 10 per 100 mL (Good)20232024
Enterococci per 100 mL, log scale. Lines mark the Moderate (36) and Poor (71) levels.

Recent tests

DateEnterococci per 100 mLRating
Aug 12, 202410Good
Jul 29, 202483Poor
Jul 15, 2024279Poor
Jul 1, 202484Poor
Jun 17, 2024135Poor
Jun 3, 2024121Poor
May 20, 202475Poor
May 6, 202410Good
Apr 22, 202410Good
Apr 8, 202410Good
Mar 25, 2024600Poor
Mar 11, 202484Poor
Nov 6, 202320Good
Oct 30, 2023109Poor
Oct 16, 202341Moderate
Oct 2, 2023211Poor

The long view

The state has 817 tests on record for Bayou Chico over 25 years, starting July 2000. In the last 10 years, 83 tests of 160 (52%) came back Poor, well above the rate for all Florida sampled beaches (6.1%). Bacteria levels usually jump after heavy rain, when stormwater washes to the shore, and drop again within a day or two.

Nearby sampled beaches

About this site

Sampling site BAYOU CHICO (Escambia County, EPA beach ID FL869739), at 30.40381, -87.26053. Results are from the Florida Department of Health's Healthy Beaches Program; years before 2026 come from the state's submissions to EPA's Water Quality Portal.