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Springstead Creek - Upstream of confluence with Hogtown (21FLACEP_WQX-SPSTUSHTC) 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 "Springstead Creek - Upstream of confluence with Hogtown" and has the identifier 21FLACEP_WQX-SPSTUSHTC. 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 29.6847600000 degrees latitude and -82.3412400000 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-SPSTUSHTC" 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*
Information 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2005 - 2005
Organics, Other 2005 - 2005
Physical 2005 - 2009
*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-SPSTUSHTC
MonitoringLocationName Springstead Creek - Upstream of confluence with Hogtown
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream of confluence with Hogtown Creek; behind Mike Shea Photography. Banks are steep and vegetated with some erosion and undercutting. Forested area. Stream bottom is shifting sand with some smothering. Leaf packs, litter, and organic debris are present. Flow direction is south.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6847600000
LongitudeMeasure -82.3412400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET