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TP324-Withlacoochee River (21FLTPA_WQX-28475308210072) 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 "TP324-Withlacoochee River" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-28475308210072. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100208.

This site is located in Sumter County County, Florida at 28.7980556000 degrees latitude and -82.1686667000 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-28475308210072" 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, Cyanobacteria 2004 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2004 - 2009
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2009 - 2009
Information 2004 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2009
Microbiological 2004 - 2009
Nutrient 2004 - 2009
Organics, Other 2004 - 2009
Physical 2004 - 2009
*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-28475308210072
MonitoringLocationName TP324-Withlacoochee River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Head west on SR 44 from I75N and turn left onto CR 470. Go 2.7 miles and turn right onto CR 307. Go 1 block and turn right onto CR 300. Go 0.3 mile and turn left onto NW 46th Road and follow road to ramp. Sampled for TMDL 2004.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100208
LatitudeMeasure 28.7980556000
LongitudeMeasure -82.1686667000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 119
ProviderName STORET