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Homosassa Spring (21FLTPA_WQX-G5SW0063) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District (identifier 21FLTPA_WQX), has the name "Homosassa Spring" and has the identifier 21FLTPA_WQX-G5SW0063. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03100207.

This site is located in Citrus County County, Florida at 28.7995300000 degrees latitude and -82.5884100000 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-G5SW0063" 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*
Information 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 2015
*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-G5SW0063
MonitoringLocationName Homosassa Spring
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 03100207
LatitudeMeasure 28.7995300000
LongitudeMeasure -82.5884100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 12
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET