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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLACEP_WQX >  21FLACEP_WQX-SWBALACH

Sweetwater Branch - On Payne's Prairie (21FLACEP_WQX-SWBALACH) 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 "Sweetwater Branch - On Payne's Prairie" and has the identifier 21FLACEP_WQX-SWBALACH. 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 29.6031900000 degrees latitude and -82.3027200000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-SWBALACH" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2007
Microbiological 2003 - 2007
Nutrient 2003 - 2007
Organics, Other 2003 - 2007
Physical 2003 - 2010
*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-SWBALACH
MonitoringLocationName Sweetwater Branch - On Payne's Prairie
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Upstream (at culvert) of the confluence of SWB and Alachua Lake. Sample 4m upstream of dyke / culvert. Dyke is overgrown. Banks are mowed grass, and stream bottom cannot be seen. Stream flow direction is east.
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.6031900000
LongitudeMeasure -82.3027200000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET