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Hancock Lake (21FLTPA_WQX-G5SW0046) 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 "Hancock Lake" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-G5SW0046. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100207.

This site is located in Pasco County County, Florida at 28.4304166010 degrees latitude and -82.3341190000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolation-Photo" and the accuracy is Unknown seconds. The source map scale is 1:0.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21FLTPA_WQX-G5SW0046" 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, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2016 - 2017
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2016 - 2017
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 2017 - 2017
Information 2016 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2017
Nutrient 2016 - 2017
Organics, Other 2016 - 2017
Physical 2016 - 2017
*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-G5SW0046
MonitoringLocationName Hancock Lake
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Hancock Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 03100207
LatitudeMeasure 28.4304166010
LongitudeMeasure -82.3341190000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Photo
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET