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The following data are summarized as seasonal average values for lake and river sampling locations located within the watershed. While these data are useful to serve as a general picture of watershed health, these data must be viewed with caution because these samples have been taken from ecologically different water resources.
Season | Total Nitrogen | Nitrate (NO3) | Total Phosphorus | Orthophosphate | Number of Sample Stations | Number of Samples |
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OCT-DEC 2024 | 1,275 ug/l | 415 ug/l | 2 | 2 | ||
JUL-SEP 2024 | 895 ug/l | 25.0 ug/l | 337 ug/l | 0.31 mg/l | 14 | 30 |
APR-JUN 2024 | 944 ug/l | 182 ug/l | 0.08 mg/l | 11 | 27 | |
JAN-MAR 2024 | 867 ug/l | 152 ug/l | 0.06 mg/l | 13 | 30 | |
OCT-DEC 2023 | 909 ug/l | 178 ug/l | 0.1 mg/l | 16 | 34 | |
JUL-SEP 2023 | 1,103 ug/l | 284 ug/l | 0.2 mg/l | 17 | 26 | |
APR-JUN 2023 | 979 ug/l | 270 ug/l | 0.16 mg/l | 16 | 34 | |
JAN-MAR 2023 | 825 ug/l | 192 ug/l | 0.13 mg/l | 18 | 36 | |
OCT-DEC 2022 | 1,000 ug/l | 182 ug/l | 0.22 mg/l | 17 | 39 | |
JUL-SEP 2022 | 1,071 ug/l | 214 ug/l | 0.17 mg/l | 17 | 34 | |
APR-JUN 2022 | 873 ug/l | 163 ug/l | 0.12 mg/l | 18 | 38 | |
JAN-MAR 2022 | 729 ug/l | 105 ug/l | 0.09 mg/l | 17 | 35 | |
Five Year Seasonal Graph | ||||||
Five Year Graph of All Samples |
Season | Total Nitrogen | Nitrate (NO3) | Total Phosphorus | Orthophosphate | Number of Sample Stations | Number of Samples |
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JAN-MAR 2024 | 968 ug/l | 22 ug/l | 3 | 9 | ||
OCT-DEC 2023 | 837 ug/l | 25 ug/l | 3 | 9 | ||
JUL-SEP 2023 | 738 ug/l | 16 ug/l | 3 | 9 | ||
JAN-MAR 2023 | 508 ug/l | 14 ug/l | 3 | 9 | ||
OCT-DEC 2022 | 545 ug/l | 17 ug/l | 3 | 6 | ||
JUL-SEP 2022 | 709 ug/l | 21 ug/l | 3 | 8 | ||
APR-JUN 2022 | 777 ug/l | 25 ug/l | 3 | 9 | ||
JAN-MAR 2022 | 722 ug/l | 22 ug/l | 3 | 6 | ||
Five Year Seasonal Graph | ||||||
Five Year Graph of All Samples |
Southwest Florida Water Management District calculates the Aquifer Resource Indicator (ARI) for their three groundwater regions each month. The ARI was created to provide the public with a gauge of groundwater levels in their area, so they can develop an understanding of the severity and cycles of drought and recovery. The three regions include: North (Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Levy, Marion, and Sumter counties), Central (Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Polk counties), and South (Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, and Sarasota counties). Learn More about the Aquifer Resource Indicator >>
To determine the ARI for a region, each well is compared weekly to its respective low-normal value and the difference is calculated. The weekly differences are reduced to a monthly value for all monitoring wells within a region, and the resulting ARI value represents how far water levels in the aquifer must rise or fall to reach their respective low-normal values.
Stream level and flow data for the Hillsborough River Watershed. Learn More about Stream Flow »
River | Flows Whole River Range | Flows Data by Segment | Levels Whole River Range | Levels Data By Segment |
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Blackwater Creek |
Average river flow is slower than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are higher than they have been historically. |
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Flint Creek |
NO DATA Recent river flow data is unavailable. |
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Average water levels are lower than they have been historically. |
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Hillsborough River |
Average river flow is faster than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are higher than they have been historically. |
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Trout Creek |
Average river flow is slower than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are lower than they have been historically. |
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Cypress Creek |
Average river flow is slower than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are higher than they have been historically. |
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Fox Branch |
Average river flow is slower than it has been historically. |
Average water levels are higher than they have been historically. |
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