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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLSFWM_WQX >  21FLSFWM_WQX-SC35382812

Blue Head Ranch-South Canal (21FLSFWM_WQX-SC35382812) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This canal drainage site, maintained by the South Florida Water Management District (identifier 21FLSFWM_WQX), has the name "Blue Head Ranch-South Canal" and has the identifier 21FLSFWM_WQX-SC35382812. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03090103.

This site is located in Highlands County County, Florida at 27.1305556000 degrees latitude and -81.4850000000 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_WQX-SC35382812" 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*
Information 2010 - 2011
Nutrient 2009 - 2011
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName South Florida Water Management District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSFWM_WQX-SC35382812
MonitoringLocationName Blue Head Ranch-South Canal
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Drainage
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Blue Head Ranch-South Canal
HUCEightDigitCode 03090103
LatitudeMeasure 27.1305556000
LongitudeMeasure -81.4850000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET