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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLPOLK >  21FLPOLK-W BOWLEGS CRK1

W Bowlegs Crk1 (21FLPOLK-W BOWLEGS CRK1) 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 Polk County Water Resources (Florida) (identifier 21FLPOLK), has the name "W Bowlegs Crk1" and has the identifier 21FLPOLK-W BOWLEGS CRK1. 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 27.7212500 degrees latitude and -81.7880555 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-W BOWLEGS CRK1" 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 2003 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2008
Microbiological 2003 - 2009
Nutrient 2003 - 2009
Physical 2003 - 2009
*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-W BOWLEGS CRK1
MonitoringLocationName W Bowlegs Crk1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText W Bowlegs Crk1
HUCEightDigitCode 03100101
LatitudeMeasure 27.7212500
LongitudeMeasure -81.7880555
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET