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Kissimmee River @ 1.9 miles upstrm of mouth of Lake Kissimme (21FLCEN_WQX-26011066) 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 "Kissimmee River @ 1.9 miles upstrm of mouth of Lake Kissimme" and has the identifier 21FLCEN_WQX-26011066. 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 27.9717778000 degrees latitude and -81.3641111000 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-26011066" 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 - 2015
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2004 - 2015
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2015 - 2015
Information 2004 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Nutrient 2004 - 2015
Organics, Other 2015 - 2015
Physical 2004 - 2015
*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-26011066
MonitoringLocationName Kissimmee River @ 1.9 miles upstrm of mouth of Lake Kissimme
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText body of water: Kissimmee River Osceola County HUC: 03090101 Name: Kissimmee drainage basin: Kissimmee station: Kissimmee River at 1.9 miles upstream of mouth of Lake Kissimmee
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 27.9717778000
LongitudeMeasure -81.3641111000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Carrier Phase Kinematic Relative Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET