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Horseshoe Creek @ Lee Jackson Hwy (CR547) (21FLCEN_WQX-26010030) 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 Fl Dept. of Environmental Protection, Central District (identifier 21FLCEN_WQX), has the name "Horseshoe Creek @ Lee Jackson Hwy (CR547)" and has the identifier 21FLCEN_WQX-26010030. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090101.

This site is located in Polk County County, Florida at 28.1756667000 degrees latitude and -81.5983333000 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 "21FLCEN_WQX-26010030" 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 2004 - 2009
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2004 - 2009
Information 2004 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Microbiological 2004 - 2009
Nutrient 2004 - 2009
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2004 - 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 21FLCEN_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Fl Dept. of Environmental Protection, Central District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLCEN_WQX-26010030
MonitoringLocationName Horseshoe Creek @ Lee Jackson Hwy (CR547)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Horseshoe Creek at Lee Jackson HWY (CR 547) HUC: Kissimmee ID: 03090101 Segment: 26.1 WBID: 1436 County: Polk
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 28.1756667000
LongitudeMeasure -81.5983333000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Carrier Phase Kinematic Relative Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET