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Rattlesnake Branch - Upstream of confluence with Hogtown (21FLACEP-RATUSHOG) 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 "Rattlesnake Branch - Upstream of confluence with Hogtown" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-RATUSHOG. 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 29.6633700 degrees latitude and -82.3520600 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-RATUSHOG" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2007
Microbiological 2003 - 2007
Nutrient 2005 - 2007
Organics, Other 2005 - 2007
Physical 2005 - 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-RATUSHOG
MonitoringLocationName Rattlesnake Branch - Upstream of confluence with Hogtown
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Foot trail SE of bridge over Hogtown Creek on NW 22nd Street; sample downstream of wooden pedestrian bridge on foot trail, between NW 22nd Street and NW 18th Street. Herbaceous steep banks (^3 m); some undercut banks; exposed Hawthorn Group; shifting sand bottom with some pebbles.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6633700
LongitudeMeasure -82.3520600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET