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Banana Lake - Western (21FLPOLK-BANANA1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Polk County Water Resources (Florida) (identifier 21FLPOLK), has the name "Banana Lake - Western" and has the identifier 21FLPOLK-BANANA1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100101.

This site is located in Polk County County, Florida at 27.9781388 degrees latitude and -81.9055833 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21FLPOLK-BANANA1" 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 1984 - 2008
Information 1984 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1990 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1986 - 2008
Nutrient 1984 - 2008
Organics, Other 1999 - 2001
Physical 1984 - 2008
*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 21FLPOLK
OrganizationFormalName Polk County Water Resources (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLPOLK-BANANA1
MonitoringLocationName Banana Lake - Western
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SOUTH OF LAKELAND - sample taken from Western shore of the lake
HUCEightDigitCode 03100101
LatitudeMeasure 27.9781388
LongitudeMeasure -81.9055833
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET