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

Watermelon Pond - N end of pond (21FLACEP-WATPOND) 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 "Watermelon Pond - N end of pond" and has the identifier 21FLACEP-WATPOND. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03110101.

This site is located in Alachua County County, Florida at 29.5503400 degrees latitude and -82.6113600 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-WATPOND" 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

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 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 1999
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1999 - 1999
Microbiological 1999 - 2004
Nutrient 1999 - 1999
Organics, Other 1999 - 1999
Physical 1998 - 1999
*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-WATPOND
MonitoringLocationName Watermelon Pond - N end of pond
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText North end of pond (from the County boat ramp). Banks have gradual slope to about .5m high with grasses. Bottom is covered with thick hydrilla and other aquatic vegetation.
HUCEightDigitCode 03110101
LatitudeMeasure 29.5503400
LongitudeMeasure -82.6113600
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET