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Elizabeth Creek - upstream of NW 23rd Street (21FLACEP_WQX-ELIZNW23) 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 "Elizabeth Creek - upstream of NW 23rd Street" and has the identifier 21FLACEP_WQX-ELIZNW23. 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 29.6533100000 degrees latitude and -82.3566400000 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-ELIZNW23" 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*
Information 2010 - 2010
Microbiological 2006 - 2007
Physical 2006 - 2010
*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-ELIZNW23
MonitoringLocationName Elizabeth Creek - upstream of NW 23rd Street
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is approximately 10 meters upstream of the culvert at NW23rd St. The stream bank is eroded and has a narrow forested riparian buffer. The stream bottom is rocky, silt, with clay outcrops.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6533100000
LongitudeMeasure -82.3566400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET