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Monteocha Creek - W of CR 225 (21FLACEP_WQX-MONT225) 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 "Monteocha Creek - W of CR 225" and has the identifier 21FLACEP_WQX-MONT225. 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 29.7961200000 degrees latitude and -82.2885300000 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-MONT225" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1999 - 2003
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-MONT225
MonitoringLocationName Monteocha Creek - W of CR 225
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Racetrack Road (CR 225), turn west on NE 156th Avenue; sample on south side of road at 2909 NE156th Avenue. A quadruple cement box culvert is beneath NE 156th Avenue bridge. Forested; banks are not steep; sand bottom.
HUCEightDigitCode 03110206
LatitudeMeasure 29.7961200000
LongitudeMeasure -82.2885300000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET