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CEDAR HEAD SPRING (21FLGW_WQX-9742) 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 "CEDAR HEAD SPRING" and has the identifier 21FLGW_WQX-9742. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03110206.

This site is located in Columbia County County, Florida at 29.9832778000 degrees latitude and -82.7586944000 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-9742" 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 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2001 - 2001
Microbiological 2001 - 2002
Nutrient 2001 - 2001
Organics, Other 2001 - 2001
Physical 2001 - 2001
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-9742
MonitoringLocationName CEDAR HEAD SPRING
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText CEDAR HEAD SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 03110206
LatitudeMeasure 29.9832778000
LongitudeMeasure -82.7586944000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET