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L24P - LAKE CARLTON (21FLTPA_WQX-24010044) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District (identifier 21FLTPA_WQX), has the name "L24P - LAKE CARLTON" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-24010044. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100203.

This site is located in Hillsborough County County, Florida at 27.7125000000 degrees latitude and -82.2411111000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLTPA_WQX-24010044" 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*
Information 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 1998
*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 21FLTPA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLTPA_WQX-24010044
MonitoringLocationName L24P - LAKE CARLTON
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LAKE CARLTON SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 32 SOUTH, RANGE 21 EAST. SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE LAKE. FRESHWATER, HAS BEEN MONITORED AS A TEST AND TEST SITE, BY DEP SOUTHWEST DISTRICT. ON SAME DAY AS WATER CHEMISTRY SAMPLING AT THIS SITE, MACROINVERTEBRATE SAMPLING WAS CONDUCTED AT 12 SITES SPACED 30 DEGREES APART (FROM LAKE CENTER) AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE LAKE, IN THE SUBLITTORAL ZONE. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: BASIN CODE: MINOR BASIN NAME:
HUCEightDigitCode 03100203
LatitudeMeasure 27.7125000000
LongitudeMeasure -82.2411111000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET