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Blues Creek - Located in the Blues Creek Subdivision, end of (21FLACEP-BLUWEIR) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida) (identifier 21FLACEP), has the name "Blues Creek - Located in the Blues Creek Subdivision, end of" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-BLUWEIR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03110206.

This site is located in Alachua County County, Florida at 29.7187500 degrees latitude and -82.4048500 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-BLUWEIR" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Biological 2000 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2003
Microbiological 2000 - 2003
Nutrient 2000 - 2003
Organics, Other 2000 - 2003
Physical 1999 - 2003
*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-BLUWEIR
MonitoringLocationName Blues Creek - Located in the Blues Creek Subdivision, end of
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Blues Creek at structure. Located in the Blues Creek Subdivision, end of NW 69th Lane. Upstream of broad-crested concrete weir. Bank has gradual slope with trees, shrubs, and grasses. Stream bottom is silty but firm. Stream is covered by (moderate to dense) aquatic vegetation, water barely flows through control structure. Stream flow is west.
HUCEightDigitCode 03110206
LatitudeMeasure 29.7187500
LongitudeMeasure -82.4048500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET