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ROCK SPRINGS NEAR APOPKA, FL (USGS-02234610) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This spring site, maintained by the USGS Florida Water Science Center (identifier USGS-FL), has the name "ROCK SPRINGS NEAR APOPKA, FL" and has the identifier USGS-02234610. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03080101. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Orange County County, Florida at 28.75756944000000 degrees latitude and -81.4968361000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-02234610" 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 2005 - 2006
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2006
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2005 - 2006
Information 2021 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1956 - 1995
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1956 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1968 - 1995
Nutrient 1956 - 2023
Organics, Other 2001 - 2001
Physical 1931 - 2024
Radiochemical 1995 - 1995
Stable Isotopes 1995 - 2001
*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 USGS-FL
OrganizationFormalName USGS Florida Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-02234610
MonitoringLocationName ROCK SPRINGS NEAR APOPKA, FL
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 03080101
LatitudeMeasure 28.75756944000000
LongitudeMeasure -81.4968361000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 095
ProviderName NWIS