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Lake Kanapaha Sink - S end of Lake (21FLACEP_WQX-LKANSINK) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This wetland lacustrine-emergent site, maintained by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida) (identifier 21FLACEP_WQX), has the name "Lake Kanapaha Sink - S end of Lake" and has the identifier 21FLACEP_WQX-LKANSINK. 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 29.6122700000 degrees latitude and -82.4037800000 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-LKANSINK" 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 2003 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2004
Microbiological 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2003 - 2004
Organics, Other 2003 - 2004
Physical 2003 - 2004
*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-LKANSINK
MonitoringLocationName Lake Kanapaha Sink - S end of Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Wetland Lacustrine-Emergent
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText At the end of SW 56th Terrace. Walk to the culvert at end of cul-de-sac which leads to gate: BE AWARE OF ALLIGATORS. Site is at Lake Kanapaha, sample at the end of the berm on the sinkhole side of the land bridge, 5m upstream of the culvert. Banks are vegetated and undercut.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6122700000
LongitudeMeasure -82.4037800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET