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L. JOSEPHINE AT SHALLOW QUAL SIT (21FLFTM_WQX-26010319) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, South District (identifier 21FLFTM_WQX), has the name "L. JOSEPHINE AT SHALLOW QUAL SIT" and has the identifier 21FLFTM_WQX-26010319. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090101.

This site is located in Highlands County County, Florida at 27.3902778000 degrees latitude and -81.4319444000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21FLFTM_WQX-26010319" 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 2004 - 2004
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 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 21FLFTM_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, South District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLFTM_WQX-26010319
MonitoringLocationName L. JOSEPHINE AT SHALLOW QUAL SIT
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SEGMENT 26.1GA BODY OF WATER'LAKE JOSEPHINE STATION IS AT SHALLOW AREA 600 M NW OF COUNTY BOAT RAMP OFF L. JOSEPH -INE DR., BETWEEN TWO PENINSULAS WHICH PARTIALLY DIVIDE THE EASTERN BASIN OF THE LAKE. BOTTOM IS CLEAN SAND. LAKE IS W OF US27, ABOUT 2 MI. S OF ITS JUNCTION WITH STATE ROAD 66, AND IS SURROUNDED BY RESI- DENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY. SEBRING QUAD MAP MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTH-EAST BASIN CODE: 032601 MINOR BASIN NAME: KISSIMMEE
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 27.3902778000
LongitudeMeasure -81.4319444000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET