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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLHESD_WQX >  21FLHESD_WQX-BLO ORIENT 2

BLO Orient 2 (21FLHESD_WQX-BLO ORIENT 2) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This channelized stream site, maintained by the HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION (identifier 21FLHESD_WQX), has the name "BLO Orient 2" and has the identifier 21FLHESD_WQX-BLO ORIENT 2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100206.

This site is located in Hillsborough County County, Florida at 27.9872499880 degrees latitude and -82.3729910000 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 "21FLHESD_WQX-BLO ORIENT 2" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2019 - 2021
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2019 - 2021
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2019 - 2021
Microbiological 2019 - 2024
Nutrient 2019 - 2024
Physical 2019 - 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 21FLHESD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLHESD_WQX-BLO ORIENT 2
MonitoringLocationName BLO Orient 2
MonitoringLocationTypeName Channelized Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03100206
LatitudeMeasure 27.9872499880
LongitudeMeasure -82.3729910000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 057
ProviderName STORET