Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Beta

Thank you for trying the new WQX3.0 profiles. This website is a beta version of our future user interface. Additional profiles and site functionality are coming, so please visit this page often to see new and improved data offerings. Please be aware that this beta product may experience performance issues.
We appreciate your feedback and suggestions as you try these new services. Please contact us at WQX@epa.gov to provide your input.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLACEP >  21FLACEP-SWBSE2

Sweetwater Branch - Behind Post Office at SE 2nd Ave (21FLACEP-SWBSE2) 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 "Sweetwater Branch - Behind Post Office at SE 2nd Ave" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-SWBSE2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03080102.

This site is located in Alachua County County, Florida at 29.6511100 degrees latitude and -82.3205200 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-SWBSE2" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Microbiological 2003 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2005
Organics, Other 2004 - 2005
Physical 1998 - 2005
*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-SWBSE2
MonitoringLocationName Sweetwater Branch - Behind Post Office at SE 2nd Ave
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Behind Post Office at SE 2nd Avenue. Sample 6m upstream of single box culvert with baffle box. Banks are vegetated (macrophytes). Stream bottom is sandy with rocks. Flow is south.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6511100
LongitudeMeasure -82.3205200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET