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HALFMOON LAKE-CENTER OF LAKE (21FLCEN_WQX-20020463) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This lake site, maintained by the Fl Dept. of Environmental Protection, Central District (identifier 21FLCEN_WQX), has the name "HALFMOON LAKE-CENTER OF LAKE" and has the identifier 21FLCEN_WQX-20020463. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03080102.

This site is located in Marion County County, Florida at 29.1527778000 degrees latitude and -81.8280556000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21FLCEN_WQX-20020463" 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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2003 - 2003
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2003 - 2003
Information 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Nutrient 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 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 21FLCEN_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Fl Dept. of Environmental Protection, Central District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLCEN_WQX-20020463
MonitoringLocationName HALFMOON LAKE-CENTER OF LAKE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText HALFMOON LAKE-CENTER OF THE LAKE. THE LAKE IS LOCATED IN THE OCALA NATIONAL FOREST NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HWY 40 AND SR 464. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: SOUTHEAST BASIN CODE: 032002 MINOR BASIN NAME: ST JOHNS RIVER
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 29.1527778000
LongitudeMeasure -81.8280556000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET