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CALOOSAHATCHEE R ORTONA LOCK MID (21FLFTM_WQX-28020020) 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 "CALOOSAHATCHEE R ORTONA LOCK MID" and has the identifier 21FLFTM_WQX-28020020. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090205.

This site is located in Glades County County, Florida at 26.7911111000 degrees latitude and -81.3044444000 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-28020020" 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 1999 - 2000
Information 1999 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2000
Microbiological 1999 - 2000
Nutrient 1999 - 2000
Organics, Other 1999 - 2000
Physical 1999 - 2000
*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-28020020
MonitoringLocationName CALOOSAHATCHEE R ORTONA LOCK MID
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SEGMENT 28.2BA BODY OF WATER: RIVER, CALOOSAHATCHEE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER AT ORTONA LOCK 1.5 MILES SOUTH AND 0.5 MILE EAST OF ORTONA MID-CHANNEL GLADES COUNTY. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTH-EAST BASIN CODE: 032891 MINOR BASIN NAME: LOWER FLORIDA
HUCEightDigitCode 03090205
LatitudeMeasure 26.7911111000
LongitudeMeasure -81.3044444000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET