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Mill Creek - Upstream of Sink (21FLACEP-MILLSINK) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida) (identifier 21FLACEP), has the name "Mill Creek - Upstream of Sink" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-MILLSINK. 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 29.8031600 degrees latitude and -82.5091600 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-MILLSINK" 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 1999 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2005
Microbiological 1999 - 2006
Nutrient 1999 - 2006
Organics, Other 1999 - 2005
Physical 1998 - 2006
*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-MILLSINK
MonitoringLocationName Mill Creek - Upstream of Sink
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Pull into Sonny's BBQ near US 441 and I-75. Sample behind Sonny's BBQ at fence/property line ^150 m upstream of sink (use access road behind US 441). Sample at tree hanging over sinkhole at the bottom of the trail. Forested and vegetated riparian 10+ m; sand bottom.
HUCEightDigitCode 03110206
LatitudeMeasure 29.8031600
LongitudeMeasure -82.5091600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET