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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLPNS_WQX >  21FLPNS_WQX-G4NW0403

Escambia River downstream of Cotton Lake (21FLPNS_WQX-G4NW0403) 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, Northwest District (identifier 21FLPNS_WQX), has the name "Escambia River downstream of Cotton Lake" and has the identifier 21FLPNS_WQX-G4NW0403. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03140305.

This site is located in Escambia County County, Florida at 30.7822800010 degrees latitude and -87.3105500000 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 "21FLPNS_WQX-G4NW0403" 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 2017 - 2024
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2017 - 2024
Information 2018 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2017 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2017 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2017 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2017 - 2024
Microbiological 2018 - 2024
Not Assigned 2021 - 2021
Nutrient 2017 - 2024
Organics, Other 2017 - 2024
Organics, Pesticide 2021 - 2021
Physical 2017 - 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 21FLPNS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. of Environmental Protection, Northwest District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLPNS_WQX-G4NW0403
MonitoringLocationName Escambia River downstream of Cotton Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Escambia River downstream of Cotton Lake (also 33020005)
HUCEightDigitCode 03140305
LatitudeMeasure 30.7822800010
LongitudeMeasure -87.3105500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 033
ProviderName STORET