Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLACEP >  21FLACEP-ALACHUACHAN

Alachua Channel - On Payne's Prairie (21FLACEP-ALACHUACHAN) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This canal drainage site, maintained by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida) (identifier 21FLACEP), has the name "Alachua Channel - On Payne's Prairie" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-ALACHUACHAN. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03080102.

This site is located in Alachua County County, Florida at 29.6054200 degrees latitude and -82.3018900 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLACEP-ALACHUACHAN" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Microbiological 2001 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21FLACEP
OrganizationFormalName Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLACEP-ALACHUACHAN
MonitoringLocationName Alachua Channel - On Payne's Prairie
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Drainage
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Channel between Alachua Lake and Alachua Sink on Payne's Prairie. Site is at beginning of channel on west side of Alachua Lake. Banks gradually slope to about 2m in height and contain herbaceous vegetation. Stream bottom is rocky with pebbles, limestone rocks, and some sand. Flow is WNW.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6054200
LongitudeMeasure -82.3018900
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET