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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21FLSUW >  21FLSUW-ICH002C1

BLUE HOLE SPRING VENT (21FLSUW-ICH002C1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the Suwannee River Water Management District (Florida) (identifier 21FLSUW), has the name "BLUE HOLE SPRING VENT" and has the identifier 21FLSUW-ICH002C1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03110206.

This site is located in Columbia County County, Florida at 29.9802778 degrees latitude and -82.7586111 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-ICH002C1" 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 2001 - 2001
Information 1991 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1991 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1991 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2002
Microbiological 1991 - 2002
Nutrient 1991 - 2002
Organics, Other 2001 - 2002
Physical 1991 - 2002
Stable Isotopes 2001 - 2001
*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-ICH002C1
MonitoringLocationName BLUE HOLE SPRING VENT
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText BLUE HOLE SPRING VENT
HUCEightDigitCode 03110206
LatitudeMeasure 29.9802778
LongitudeMeasure -82.7586111
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Carrier Phase Kinematic Relative Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET