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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLSFWM >  21FLSFWM-PALMIN

ON EAST SIDE OF OBESERVATION ISLAND IN MARSH ON WEST SIDE OF (21FLSFWM-PALMIN) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the South Florida Water Management District (identifier 21FLSFWM), has the name "ON EAST SIDE OF OBESERVATION ISLAND IN MARSH ON WEST SIDE OF" and has the identifier 21FLSFWM-PALMIN. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090201.

This site is located in Glades County County, Florida at 26.8422828 degrees latitude and -80.9592286 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "21FLSFWM-PALMIN" 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 1986 - 1997
Information 1986 - 1997
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1988 - 1997
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1986 - 1997
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1988 - 1997
Nutrient 1986 - 1997
Physical 1986 - 1997
*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 21FLSFWM
OrganizationFormalName South Florida Water Management District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSFWM-PALMIN
MonitoringLocationName ON EAST SIDE OF OBESERVATION ISLAND IN MARSH ON WEST SIDE OF
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ON EAST SIDE OF OBESERVATION ISLAND IN MARSH ON WEST SIDE OF
HUCEightDigitCode 03090201
LatitudeMeasure 26.8422828
LongitudeMeasure -80.9592286
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET