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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLGW_WQX >  21FLGW_WQX-8037

SWB-LS-1026 HOWARD PRAIRIE BRANCH (21FLGW_WQX-8037) 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 (identifier 21FLGW_WQX), has the name "SWB-LS-1026 HOWARD PRAIRIE BRANCH" and has the identifier 21FLGW_WQX-8037. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100203.

This site is located in Hillsborough County County, Florida at 27.6911111000 degrees latitude and -82.1983333000 degrees longitude using the datum OTHER. 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-8037" 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 2000 - 2000
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2000 - 2000
Information 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Microbiological 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2000
Organics, Other 2000 - 2000
Physical 2000 - 2000
*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-8037
MonitoringLocationName SWB-LS-1026 HOWARD PRAIRIE BRANCH
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SWB-LS-1026
HUCEightDigitCode 03100203
LatitudeMeasure 27.6911111000
LongitudeMeasure -82.1983333000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET