Benjamin McPherson Ronald L. Miller; Arturo Torres 2005 spreadsheet http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/wq_analysis/ The data catagories include site name, date, time, station ID, medium, record #, agency analyzing sample, agency collecting sample, discharge (daily mean and instantaneous), gage height, lab spec condition, field spec condition, total dissolved solids, air and water temp, pH (lab and field), and amounts of oxygen, nitrogen and nitrogen compounds, phosphorus, carbonates, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, sulfate, calcium, silica, and carbon. Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) and Everglades National Park (EVER) maintain separate networks of hydrologic monitoring stations (hydrostations) for measuring the stage and quality of surface water throughout their units. The data collected at these sites provides a historical baseline for assessing hydrologic conditions and making a wide range of management decisions (both internally and externally). Surface-water stage data is relatively straight-forward to analyze, both in real time and relative to historic conditions, and has typically been conducted by in-house hydrology staff at both units. Analysis of surface water-quality data is generally regarded as being more complex because of the subtleness of trends, absence of continuous data (bi-monthly for BICY and monthly for EVER), and dependence on surface water depth and season. Collection and analysis of water-quality samples at BICY and EVER are done under cooperative agreements with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Under these agreements, the Park Service collects the samples in the field and the SFWMD provides sampling equipment and laboratory analyses. EVER has been sampling water quality on a monthly basis at 9 "internal marsh" stations since 1984 as part of this program. BICY has been sampling water quality on a monthly basis at 10 "internal" stations since 1995 as part of this agreement, with water quality data at these sites extending as far back to 1988 (but not as part of the agreement). Water-quality data collected at the BICY and EVER stations has been archived and reported for short-time intervals (yearly and bi-yearly), but an analysis that covers all sampled parameters, extends over the full period of record, and provides comparisons between the two units has yet to be performed. In 2000, a study was begun by the U.S. Geological Survey to gather, edit, and interpret selected water-quality data from a variety of sources to improve the understanding of changes in water-quality in areas impacted by human activities or in more remote and relatively unimpacted areas of the Everglades and Big Cypress Swamp. One purpose is to look for long-term trends and possibly relate the trends to human or natural influences on water quality such as agriculture, drought, hurricanes, changes in water management, etc. Another purpose is to interpret data from the most remote and unimpacted areas to discern, if possible, what the natural background concentrations are for water-quality constituents that have sufficient data. An attempt will be made to find correlations between available water-quality, physical, and meteorological parameters. Such analyses of water-quality and ancillary data may assist in establishing water-quality standards appropriate for the designation as Outstanding Florida Waters in both the Everglades National Park and the Big Cypress National Preserve. Ancillary data such as precipitation, water-level, water flow, dates of major storms, and beginning and ending dates of water-control effects will be studied to relate their timing to any noticeable changes in water quality. 1967 1999 ground condition Complete None planned -81.4 -80.5 26.3 25.2 none water quality water level hydrology nutrients nitrogen calcium carbon carbonates major ions phosphorus magnesium chloride sulfate ISO 19115 Topic Category environment inlandWaters 007 012 Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology United States US U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST Florida FL Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Broward County Collier County Hendry County Miami-Dade County Monroe County USGS Geographic Names Information System Big Cypress National Preserve Big Cypress Swamp Everglades National Park none Central Everglades SW Big Cypress South East Coast Water Conservation Area 2 WCA2 None. These data are subject to change and are not citeable until reviewed and approved for official publication. Arturo Torres U. S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

USGS Florida Integrated Science Center-Ft. Lauderdale 3110 SW 9th Ave.

Ft. Lauderdale FL 33315 USA 813 975-8620 ext 128 office 813 215-4500 aetorres@usgs.gov http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/wq_analysis/basemap.gif location of historic water-quality sites GIF The National Park Service collects the samples in the field and the SFWMD provides sampling equipment and laboratory analyses. Data are provided as Excel spreadsheets. McPherson, Benjamin F. Halley, Robert 1996 report USGS Circular 1134 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey Southern Florida NAWQA Program publication http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/circular/1134/ McPherson, Benjamin F. Miller, Ronald L.; Haag, Kim H.; Bradner, Anne 2000 report USGS Circular 1207 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1207/ Miller, Ronald L. McPherson, Benjamin F.; Haag, Kim H. 1999 report USGS Water Resources Investigations Report 99-4062 Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/wri99_4062_miller.html Miller, Ronald L. McPherson, Benjamin F. 2001 report Florida Scientist v. 64, n. 1 Orlando, FL Florida Academy of Sciences originally published in Florida Scientist, vol. 64, Winter, 2001, Number 1 http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/papers/bottom_sed/index.html not applicable Stations Br-105 and 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach have data from 1988 to 1998 and 1967 to 1999 respectively. Missing data is indicated by -- in the appropriate field. The objective of this project was to analyze, summarize, and report on water-quality data collected in freshwaters in or near ENP and BCNP over the period of record. The analysis included an evaluation of seasonal and long-term trends, spatial patterns, and possible effects of hydrologic, climatic, and human-induced perturbations. Specific objectives included: (1) determination of baseline water-quality conditions relative to the designations as Outstanding Florida Waters (OFW) and Outstanding National Resource Water (ONRW);(2) an analysis of water-quality conditions across the landscape, and at internal marsh sites relative to conditions in upstream canals; and (3) an analysis of long-term trends for selected parameters, such as chloride, sulfate, and total phosphorus. Water-quality and ancillary data were collected from the files of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, some southern Florida County agencies, State of Florida agencies, and other sources of long-term water-quality and ancillary data. Available data was collected in electronic files from the original source. The intention was not to collect every available piece of data, but to collect data with the potential to detect long-term trends or lack thereof in chemical concentrations. Focus was on chemicals of environmental importance. Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the USGS NWIS database. Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the South Florida Water Management District DBHYDRO database. Station location and description, and period of record data are stored for each sampling location in the Big Cypress National Preserve's paper files. Data were reformatted, if necessary, for storage in a database at the U.S. Geological Survey Subdistrict Office in Tampa, Florida. When feasible, data was screened using chemical logic checks developed by Ronald Miller of the USGS in Tampa, Florida. Various graphs and statistical evaluations were used to detect correlations between variables and trends in concentration. Selected graphs and statistical results will be incorporated into a written report of the interpretations. 200206 Arturo Torres U. S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

USGS Florida Integrated Science Center-Ft. Lauderdale 3110 SW 9th Ave.

Ft. Lauderdale FL 33315 USA 813 975-8620 ext 128 office 813 215-4500 aetorres@usgs.gov Big Cypress National Preserve Point Point 2 0.01 0.01 Decimal degrees North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137 298.257 Heather S.Henkel U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

600 Fourth St. South

St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727 803-8747 ext 3028 727 803-2030 hhenkel@usgs.gov Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for Br-105 and 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach in the Big Cypress National Preserve The data have no implied or explicit guarantees EXCEL 1997 0.4 http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/rmiller/ Data may be downloaded from the SOFIA website none 20071203 Heather Henkel U.S. Geological Survey mailing and physical address

600 Fourth Street South

St. Petersburg FL 33701 USA 727 803-8747 ext 3028 727 803-2030 sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998