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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLFTM_WQX >  21FLFTM_WQX-HAB-SD-0172

Lake Placid - Southwest (21FLFTM_WQX-HAB-SD-0172) 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 "Lake Placid - Southwest" and has the identifier 21FLFTM_WQX-HAB-SD-0172. 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 27.2203799870 degrees latitude and -81.3710900000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Photo" and the accuracy is Unknown seconds. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLFTM_WQX-HAB-SD-0172" 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 2023 - 2024
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2023 - 2024
Cyanotoxins, Phytotoxins 2023 - 2024
Information 2023 - 2024
Nutrient 2023 - 2024
Physical 2023 - 2024
*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-HAB-SD-0172
MonitoringLocationName Lake Placid - Southwest
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lake Placid - Southwest
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 27.2203799870
LongitudeMeasure -81.3710900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET