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TP133 - MYRTLE SLOUGH (21FLTPA_WQX-25020266) 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 FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District (identifier 21FLTPA_WQX), has the name "TP133 - MYRTLE SLOUGH" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-25020266. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100101.

This site is located in Desoto County County, Florida at 27.0688889000 degrees latitude and -81.7666944000 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-25020266" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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-25020266
MonitoringLocationName TP133 - MYRTLE SLOUGH
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText MYRTLE SLOUGH SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 39 SOUTH, RANGE 25 EAST. TAKE I-75 SOUTH TO STATE ROAD 70. GO EAST ON STATE ROAD 70 TO STATE ROAD 31 (EAST OF ARCADIA). GO SOUTH ON STATE ROAD 31 TO NICHOLS ROAD. GO EAST ON NICHOLS ROAD ABOUT 2 MILES TO WHERE SLOUGH CROSSES ROAD. SAMPLING BEGINS ON SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE AND CONTINUES 100 METERS UPSTREAM. FRESHWATER, HAS BEEN MONITORED AS A TEST BIORECON SITE AND FOR TMDL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT, BY DEP SOUTHWEST DISTRICT. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: BASIN CODE: MINOR BASIN NAME:
HUCEightDigitCode 03100101
LatitudeMeasure 27.0688889000
LongitudeMeasure -81.7666944000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET