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Limestone Pit - Saarinen Property (21FLACEP-LSPITSAR) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida) (identifier 21FLACEP), has the name "Limestone Pit - Saarinen Property" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-LSPITSAR. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03110101.

This site is located in Alachua County County, Florida at 29.6870900 degrees latitude and -82.5714300 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-LSPITSAR" 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*
Biological 1999 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2000
Microbiological 1999 - 2002
Nutrient 1999 - 2002
Organics, Other 1999 - 2001
Physical 1998 - 2002
*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-LSPITSAR
MonitoringLocationName Limestone Pit - Saarinen Property
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Limestone pit on the east side of the road on the Saarinen property (3805 CR 235). Site is 600 feet south of cement plant. Limerock banks with algae growing on outcrops. Sample site is about 2m from west bank.
HUCEightDigitCode 03110101
LatitudeMeasure 29.6870900
LongitudeMeasure -82.5714300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET