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Upper Lake Lafayette, Lafayette Sink (21FLMCGL-L02A) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the McGlynn Laboratories, Inc (Florida) (identifier 21FLMCGL), has the name "Upper Lake Lafayette, Lafayette Sink" and has the identifier 21FLMCGL-L02A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03120001.

This site is located in Leon County County, Florida at 30.4531750 degrees latitude and -84.2031528 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLMCGL-L02A" 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 1999 - 2000
Information 1999 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 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 21FLMCGL
OrganizationFormalName McGlynn Laboratories, Inc (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLMCGL-L02A
MonitoringLocationName Upper Lake Lafayette, Lafayette Sink
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upper Lake Lafayette, Lafayette Sink (L02 and L02A - 10 yards apart) -- Channel flowing in the sinkhole in Lakebed on when lake is down¶
HUCEightDigitCode 03120001
LatitudeMeasure 30.4531750
LongitudeMeasure -84.2031528
SourceMapScaleNumeric 50000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET