Water resources data for the 1986 water year in Florida consist of continuous or daily discharge for 277 streams, periodic discharge for 38 streams, miscellaneous discharge for 34 streams, continuous or daily stage for 77 streams, periodic stage for 20 streams, peak discharge for 88 streams and peak stage for 69 streams; continuous or daily elevations for 69 lakes, periodic elevations for 72 lakes; continuous ground-water levels for 476 wells, periodic ground-water levels for 1226 wells, and miscellaneous water-level measurements for 1570 wells; quality-of-water data for 188 surface-water sites and 878 wells.
The data for southwest Florida include continuous or daily discharge for 85 streams, periodic discharge for 21 streams, miscellaneous discharge for 7 streams, continuous or daily stage for 26 streams, periodic stage for 10 streams, peak discharge for 20 streams, and peak stage for 1 stream; continuous elevations for 30 lakes and periodic elevations for 28 lakes; continuous ground-water levels for 25 wells, periodic ground-water levels for 146 wells, and miscellaneous water-level measurements for 722 wells; quality-of-water for 106 surface-water sites and 265 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.
