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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLFTM_WQX >  21FLFTM_WQX-26010542

HIGHL56 (21FLFTM_WQX-26010542) 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, South District (identifier 21FLFTM_WQX), has the name "HIGHL56" and has the identifier 21FLFTM_WQX-26010542. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090101.

This site is located in Highlands County County, Florida at 27.2230560000 degrees latitude and -81.3613890000 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 "21FLFTM_WQX-26010542" 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 2002 - 2005
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2003 - 2005
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2002 - 2005
Information 2002 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2005
Microbiological 2002 - 2005
Nutrient 2002 - 2005
Physical 2002 - 2005
*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 21FLFTM_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, South District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLFTM_WQX-26010542
MonitoringLocationName HIGHL56
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LK PLACID S END HIGH CO
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 27.2230560000
LongitudeMeasure -81.3613890000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET