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SOUTH FORK BLACK CREEK NEAR PENNEY FARMS, FL (USGS-02245500) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS Florida Water Science Center (identifier USGS-FL), has the name "SOUTH FORK BLACK CREEK NEAR PENNEY FARMS, FL" and has the identifier USGS-02245500. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03080103. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 134 sq mi.

This site is located in Clay County County, Florida at 29.97940750000000 degrees latitude and -81.8520426000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. This site is at an elevation of 9.82 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 2.5 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02245500" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1993 - 1994
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1957 - 1994
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1957 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1958 - 1994
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Nutrient 1957 - 1994
Organics, Other 1993 - 1994
Organics, PCBs 1993 - 1993
Organics, Pesticide 1993 - 1994
Physical 1957 - 1994
Radiochemical 1993 - 1993
Sediment 1993 - 1993
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-FL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Florida Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02245500
MonitoringLocationName SOUTH FORK BLACK CREEK NEAR PENNEY FARMS, FL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03080103
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 134
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 29.97940750000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.8520426000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 9.82
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 2.5
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 019
ProviderName NWIS