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Devil's Millhopper - Bottom of stairs at sinkhole. (21FLACEP_WQX-DMHSINK) 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_WQX), has the name "Devil's Millhopper - Bottom of stairs at sinkhole." and has the identifier 21FLACEP_WQX-DMHSINK. 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 29.7068900000 degrees latitude and -82.3954800000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal 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_WQX-DMHSINK" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2003
Microbiological 2001 - 2003
Nutrient 2001 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Physical 2001 - 2003
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLACEP_WQX-DMHSINK
MonitoringLocationName Devil's Millhopper - Bottom of stairs at sinkhole.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Devil's Millhopper - Bottom of sinkhole. Sample at creek at bottom of stairs in sink hole, 2m upstream of wooden walkway. Banks are exposed limestone covered with moss and fern. Stream bottom is exposed limestone with some sand and pebbles, but no defined stream channel. Flow is east.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.7068900000
LongitudeMeasure -82.3954800000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET