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APOPKA SPRING (21FLGW_WQX-6989) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the FL Dept. of Environmental Protection (identifier 21FLGW_WQX), has the name "APOPKA SPRING" and has the identifier 21FLGW_WQX-6989. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03080102.

This site is located in Lake County County, Florida at 28.5666014000 degrees latitude and -81.6806689000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "21FLGW_WQX-6989" 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*
Information 2002 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2013
Microbiological 2002 - 2011
Nutrient 2002 - 2013
Organics, Other 2002 - 2013
Physical 2002 - 2013
Radiochemical 2002 - 2002
*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 21FLGW_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. of Environmental Protection
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLGW_WQX-6989
MonitoringLocationName APOPKA SPRING
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText APOPKA SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 03080102
LatitudeMeasure 28.5666014000
LongitudeMeasure -81.6806689000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 069
ProviderName STORET