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Possum Creek - N of NW 8th Ave (21FLACEP-POSNW8) 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 - N of NW 8th Ave" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-POSNW8. 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 29.6596800 degrees latitude and -82.3687000 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-POSNW8" 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

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 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2006
Microbiological 2003 - 2007
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Physical 2004 - 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-POSNW8
MonitoringLocationName Possum Creek - N of NW 8th Ave
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText North of NW 8th Avenue. Sample approx 10m upstream of culvert. Banks are wooded and steep on the street side. Stream bottom is concrete. Stream flow direction is south.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6596800
LongitudeMeasure -82.3687000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET