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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLKWAT >  21FLKWAT-HIG-CA-CREEK-3

Highlands-Catfish Creek-3-3 (21FLKWAT-HIG-CA-CREEK-3) 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 Florida LAKEWATCH (identifier 21FLKWAT), has the name "Highlands-Catfish Creek-3-3" and has the identifier 21FLKWAT-HIG-CA-CREEK-3. 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 27.2635500 degrees latitude and -81.3879500 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 "21FLKWAT-HIG-CA-CREEK-3" 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 1998 - 2006
Information 1998 - 2006
Nutrient 1998 - 2006
*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 21FLKWAT
OrganizationFormalName Florida LAKEWATCH
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLKWAT-HIG-CA-CREEK-3
MonitoringLocationName Highlands-Catfish Creek-3-3
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Highlands-Catfish Creek-3-3
HUCEightDigitCode 03090101
LatitudeMeasure 27.2635500
LongitudeMeasure -81.3879500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET