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Menzie Shore (21FLPOLK_WQX-MENZIE SHORE) 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 "Menzie Shore" and has the identifier 21FLPOLK_WQX-MENZIE SHORE. 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 28.0191388900 degrees latitude and -81.6206944440 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-MENZIE SHORE" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton 2014 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2014 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2017
Nutrient 2014 - 2020
Physical 2014 - 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-MENZIE SHORE
MonitoringLocationName Menzie Shore
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText directly out from end of old ramp
HUCEightDigitCode 03100101
LatitudeMeasure 28.0191388900
LongitudeMeasure -81.6206944440
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET