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L50S2 - Lake Hancock (21FLTPA_WQX-25020276) 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 "L50S2 - Lake Hancock" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-25020276. 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 27.9780556000 degrees latitude and -81.8280556000 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-25020276" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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, Cyanobacteria 2003 - 2003
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2003 - 2003
Information 1999 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Microbiological 1999 - 2003
Nutrient 2003 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Physical 1999 - 2003
*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-25020276
MonitoringLocationName L50S2 - Lake Hancock
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Polk County. U.S.G.S. Quad. Map Bartow. Section 8, Township 29 South, Range 25 East. is located in the center of the northeast quadrant of lake. Monitored for water and sediment qualities in Summer 1999. On the same day as water quality sampling at this site, macroinvertebrate sampling was conducted at 12 sites spaced approximately equidistant along the shoreline, in the sublittoral zone of the northeast quadrant.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100101
LatitudeMeasure 27.9780556000
LongitudeMeasure -81.8280556000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET