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Blues Creek - Millhopper Rd and NW 71st St (21FLACEP_WQX-BLUNW71) 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_WQX), has the name "Blues Creek - Millhopper Rd and NW 71st St" and has the identifier 21FLACEP_WQX-BLUNW71. 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 29.7179800000 degrees latitude and -82.4183300000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal 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_WQX-BLUNW71" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton 1999 - 2003
Information 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2005
Microbiological 1999 - 2005
Nutrient 1999 - 2005
Organics, Other 1999 - 2005
Physical 1998 - 2005
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLACEP_WQX-BLUNW71
MonitoringLocationName Blues Creek - Millhopper Rd and NW 71st St
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Off Millhopper Road, near UF Aquatic Center; sample west of NW 71st Street. Sample 21m downstream of chain-linked fence over stream but upstream of 48 round cement pipe. Bank is vertical with exposed soil, about 1.5m high and eroding. Thick riparian forest. Stream bottom has rocks, leaf litter, and layer of silt.
HUCEightDigitCode 03110206
LatitudeMeasure 29.7179800000
LongitudeMeasure -82.4183300000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET