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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLACEP >  21FLACEP-ROCK235

Rocky Creek - Upstream of SR 235 (21FLACEP-ROCK235) 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 Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida) (identifier 21FLACEP), has the name "Rocky Creek - Upstream of SR 235" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-ROCK235. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03110206.

This site is located in Alachua County County, Florida at 29.8397400 degrees latitude and -82.3767600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLACEP-ROCK235" 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 1999 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 2004
Microbiological 1999 - 2004
Nutrient 1999 - 2004
Organics, Other 1999 - 2004
Physical 1998 - 2004
*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 21FLACEP
OrganizationFormalName Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLACEP-ROCK235
MonitoringLocationName Rocky Creek - Upstream of SR 235
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site is located near quadruple cement box culvert beneath SR 235. Walk upstream ^100 m where flow is more concentrated. Sample site 15m downstream of bridge, taken near west bank. Banks slope gradually and have vegetation and exposed tree roots. Stream bottom is soft muck (sandy with organic materials). There are some leaf packs and the stream is somewhat braided. Flow is north (typically).
HUCEightDigitCode 03110206
LatitudeMeasure 29.8397400
LongitudeMeasure -82.3767600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET