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Buck Lake (21FLORL_WQX-BUCK) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the City of Orlando - Streets and Stormwater Division (Florida) (identifier 21FLORL_WQX), has the name "Buck Lake" and has the identifier 21FLORL_WQX-BUCK. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090101.

This site is located in Orange County County, Florida at 28.4093889870 degrees latitude and -81.2481940000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Photo" and the accuracy is Unknown seconds. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLORL_WQX-BUCK" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2008 - 2022
Information 2009 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2022
Microbiological 2008 - 2022
Nutrient 2008 - 2022
Physical 2008 - 2023
*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 21FLORL_WQX
OrganizationFormalName City of Orlando - Streets and Stormwater Division (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLORL_WQX-BUCK
MonitoringLocationName Buck Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 28.4093889870
LongitudeMeasure -81.2481940000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 095
ProviderName STORET