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Possum Creek - S of NW 16th Ave (21FLACEP-POSNW16) 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 "Possum Creek - S of NW 16th Ave" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-POSNW16. 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 29.6666200 degrees latitude and -82.3642300 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-POSNW16" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2007
Microbiological 2005 - 2007
Nutrient 2005 - 2007
Organics, Other 2005 - 2007
Physical 1998 - 2007
*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-POSNW16
MonitoringLocationName Possum Creek - S of NW 16th Ave
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText On NW 16th Avenue, west of NW 27th Terrace; sample south of NW 16th Avenue. Site is 31.4m downstream of single box cement culvert (actually a triple box, water only flows through one). Banks are about 1.5m high with fallen leaves, moss and grass. Stream width is 4.75m. Stream bottom has firm sand with thin layer of decaying organic matter. Flow is south.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6666200
LongitudeMeasure -82.3642300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET