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Lake Forest Creek - E of NE 24th St (21FLACEP-LFCSE24) 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 "Lake Forest Creek - E of NE 24th St" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-LFCSE24. 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 29.6483200 degrees latitude and -82.2931900 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-LFCSE24" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Microbiological 2002 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2005
*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-LFCSE24
MonitoringLocationName Lake Forest Creek - E of NE 24th St
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site is located east of NE 24th Street. (Health Dept: 224 SE 24th St. Gainesville, FL 32641). Site is located east of NE 24th Street, north of the Alachua County Health Dept, on the east side of the bridge. Sample approx 5m downstream of triple box culvert under SE 24th Ave. Banks are steep (approx 7ft high), undercut, and forested. Stream bottom is silt, macrophytes. Stream flow direction is east.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6483200
LongitudeMeasure -82.2931900
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET