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EAST BRANCH OF UNNAMED CREEK AT SR70 (21FLFTM_WQX-26010653FTM) 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, South District (identifier 21FLFTM_WQX), has the name "EAST BRANCH OF UNNAMED CREEK AT SR70" and has the identifier 21FLFTM_WQX-26010653FTM. 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 27.2086389000 degrees latitude and -81.3796389000 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 "21FLFTM_WQX-26010653FTM" 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 - 2015
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2004 - 2015
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2015 - 2015
Information 2004 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Microbiological 2003 - 2005
Nutrient 2003 - 2015
Organics, Other 2004 - 2015
Physical 2003 - 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 21FLFTM_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, South District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLFTM_WQX-26010653FTM
MonitoringLocationName EAST BRANCH OF UNNAMED CREEK AT SR70
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText EAST BRANCH OF UNNAMED CREEK AT SR70
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 27.2086389000
LongitudeMeasure -81.3796389000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET