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Big Coldwater Creek @ Hwy 191 (21FLBFA_WQX-33030005) 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 FL Dept of Environmental Protection , Bream Fisherman Assoc. (identifier 21FLBFA_WQX), has the name "Big Coldwater Creek @ Hwy 191" and has the identifier 21FLBFA_WQX-33030005. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140104.

This site is located in Santa Rosa County County, Florida at 30.7088340000 degrees latitude and -86.9720706000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "21FLBFA_WQX-33030005" 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, Cyanobacteria 2008 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2002 - 2009
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2008 - 2009
Information 1999 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2002
Microbiological 1999 - 2009
Nutrient 1999 - 2015
Organics, Other 2013 - 2015
Physical 1999 - 2015
*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 21FLBFA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept of Environmental Protection , Bream Fisherman Assoc.
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLBFA_WQX-33030005
MonitoringLocationName Big Coldwater Creek @ Hwy 191
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SEGMENT 33.3AA BODY OF WATER: CREEK BIG COLDWATER BIG COLDWATER CREEK AT HWY 191, APPROX 6 MILE NE OF MILTON (FORMERLY Q4) MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLBFA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTH-EAST BASIN CODE: 033391 MINOR BASIN NAME: PERDIDO-ESCAMBIA
HUCEightDigitCode 03140104
LatitudeMeasure 30.7088340000
LongitudeMeasure -86.9720706000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 113
ProviderName STORET