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Bivens Arm Lake - west of US 441, and south of SW 16th Stree (21FLACEP-BIV441) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida) (identifier 21FLACEP), has the name "Bivens Arm Lake - west of US 441, and south of SW 16th Stree" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-BIV441. 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 29.6216300 degrees latitude and -82.3400300 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-BIV441" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2005 - 2005
Physical 1998 - 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 21FLACEP
OrganizationFormalName Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLACEP-BIV441
MonitoringLocationName Bivens Arm Lake - west of US 441, and south of SW 16th Stree
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText On the west side of US 441, south of SW 16th Street. South of Paramount Plaza Hotel; sample west of culvert. Lake is surrounded by vegetation; some is invasive. Recent emergence is Taro. Grass Carp were added to this lake for control of invasive plants. Site purpose is variable: wetlands, IFAS, residential, commercial. Lake bottom contains thick, organic muck.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6216300
LongitudeMeasure -82.3400300
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET