Water resources data for the 1985 water year in Florida consist of continuous or daily discharge for 285 streams, periodic discharge for 38 streams, miscellaneous discharge for 110 streams, continuous or daily stage for 124 streams, periodic stage for 32 streams, peak discharge for 98 streams and peak stage for 87 streams; continuous or daily elevations for 89 lakes, periodic elevations for 82 lakes; ground-water levels for 473 wells, periodic ground-water levels for 550 wells, and miscellaneous water-level measurements for 2,588 wells; quality-of-water data for 239 surface-water sites and 699 wells.
The data for northwest Florida include continuous or daily discharge for 46 streams, periodic discharge for 3 streams, miscellaneous discharge for 30 streams, continuous or daily stage for 1 stream, peak discharge for 34 streams, and peak stage for 34 streams; continuous elevations for 5 lakes and periodic elevations for 4 lakes; continuous groundwater levels for 12 wells, and periodic ground-water levels for 165 wells; quality of water for 25 surface-water sites and 20 wells.
These data represent the National Water Data System records collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating local, state and federal agencies in Florida.
