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Hogtown Creek - N of NW 8th Ave (21FLACEP-HOGNW8) 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 "Hogtown Creek - N of NW 8th Ave" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-HOGNW8. 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 29.6595500 degrees latitude and -82.3606500 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-HOGNW8" 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 2003 - 2007
Physical 2004 - 2007
*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-HOGNW8
MonitoringLocationName Hogtown Creek - N of NW 8th Ave
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site is north of NW 8th Avenue on Hogtown Creek, about .4 mi. west of NW 22nd Street. Sample approx 24m upstream of culvert under NW 8th Ave. Banks are forested and not steep. Floodplain. Stream bottom is shifting sand, not much OM. Flow direction is south.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6595500
LongitudeMeasure -82.3606500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET