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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLKWAT >  21FLKWAT-SAR-FORKED CR-1

Sarasota-Forked Creek-1 (21FLKWAT-SAR-FORKED CR-1) 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 "Sarasota-Forked Creek-1" and has the identifier 21FLKWAT-SAR-FORKED CR-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100201.

This site is located in Sarasota County County, Florida at 27.0850000 degrees latitude and -82.3777833 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical 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-SAR-FORKED CR-1" 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 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
*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-SAR-FORKED CR-1
MonitoringLocationName Sarasota-Forked Creek-1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 03100201
LatitudeMeasure 27.0850000
LongitudeMeasure -82.3777833
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET