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L95-Mud Lake (21FLTPA_WQX-28100248150343) 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 "L95-Mud Lake" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-28100248150343. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100208.

This site is located in Polk County County, Florida at 28.1673333000 degrees latitude and -81.8428611000 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-28100248150343" 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 2004 - 2004
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2004 - 2004
Information 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2004
Microbiological 2004 - 2004
Nutrient 2004 - 2004
Organics, Other 2004 - 2004
Physical 2004 - 2004
*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-28100248150343
MonitoringLocationName L95-Mud Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText I75 North to I4 East. Exit right onto 559 (Polk City). Make a left onto 559 North. Turn left again onto SR-559. Follow down until you hit 33. Take 33 South (left). Boat ramp is on left off of 33. Sampled for TMDL 2004.
HUCEightDigitCode 03100208
LatitudeMeasure 28.1673333000
LongitudeMeasure -81.8428611000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 105
ProviderName STORET