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L38P - LAKE CLARK (21FLTPA_WQX-24010072) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District (identifier 21FLTPA_WQX), has the name "L38P - LAKE CLARK" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-24010072. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100201.

This site is located in Sarasota County County, Florida at 27.2731667000 degrees latitude and -82.4978056000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "21FLTPA_WQX-24010072" 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 2003 - 2003
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2003 - 2003
Information 2003 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Microbiological 1998 - 2008
Nutrient 2003 - 2004
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Physical 1998 - 2008
*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 21FLTPA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21FLTPA_WQX-24010072
MonitoringLocationName L38P - LAKE CLARK
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText LAKE CLARK SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 37 SOUTH, RANGE 18 EAST. FRESHWATER, HAS BEEN MONITORED AS A TEST LAKE AND FOR TMDL WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT, BY DEP SOUTHWEST DISTRICT. ON THE SAME DAY AS WATER CHEMISTRY SAMPLING AT THIS LAKE, MACROINVERTEBRATE SAMPLING WAS CONDUCTED AT 12 SITES SPACED 30 DEGREES APART (FROM LAKE CENTER) AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE LAKE, IN THE SUBLITTORAL ZONE. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21FLA ) ON 17-JUN-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: BASIN CODE: MINOR BASIN NAME:
HUCEightDigitCode 03100201
LatitudeMeasure 27.2731667000
LongitudeMeasure -82.4978056000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 115
ProviderName STORET