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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLPOLK_WQX >  21FLPOLK_WQX-HANCOCK SWF DOC

Hancock SWF Doc (21FLPOLK_WQX-HANCOCK SWF DOC) 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 Natural Resources Division (identifier 21FLPOLK_WQX), has the name "Hancock SWF Doc" and has the identifier 21FLPOLK_WQX-HANCOCK SWF DOC. 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 27.9910555560 degrees latitude and -81.8493055560 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 "21FLPOLK_WQX-HANCOCK SWF DOC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2016 - 2020
Information 2016 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2017 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2017 - 2018
Nutrient 2016 - 2020
Physical 2016 - 2020
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Polk County Natural Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLPOLK_WQX-HANCOCK SWF DOC
MonitoringLocationName Hancock SWF Doc
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SWFWMD dock on NW shore of Hancock, inside Circle B
HUCEightDigitCode 03100101
LatitudeMeasure 27.9910555560
LongitudeMeasure -81.8493055560
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET