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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLSUW >  21FLSUW-ALN001C1

ALTON POND (21FLSUW-ALN001C1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the Suwannee River Water Management District (Florida) (identifier 21FLSUW), has the name "ALTON POND" and has the identifier 21FLSUW-ALN001C1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03110205.

This site is located in Lafayette County County, Florida at 30.0391667 degrees latitude and -83.1405556 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21FLSUW-ALN001C1" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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 - 1998
Information 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Microbiological 1998 - 1998
Nutrient 1998 - 1998
Organics, Other 1998 - 1998
Physical 1998 - 1998
Stable Isotopes 1998 - 1998
*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 21FLSUW
OrganizationFormalName Suwannee River Water Management District (Florida)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLSUW-ALN001C1
MonitoringLocationName ALTON POND
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ALTON POND
HUCEightDigitCode 03110205
LatitudeMeasure 30.0391667
LongitudeMeasure -83.1405556
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Carrier Phase Kinematic Relative Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET