Water resources data for the 1986 water year in Florida consists 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 for476 wells, periodic ground-water levels for 1,226 wells, and miscellaneous water level measurements for 1,570 wells; quality of water data for 188 surface-water sites and 878 wells.
The data for south Florida include continuous or daily discharge for 71 streams, periodic discharge for 5 streams, peak discharge for 2 streams, continuous or daily stage for 23 streams, periodic stage for 2 stream, peak discharge for 6 streams, and peak stage for 2 streams; continuous elevations for 14 lakes, and periodic elevations for 5 lakes; continuous ground-water levels for 198 wells, periodic ground-water levels for 806 wells, and miscellaneous water-level measurements for 259 wells; quality-of-water for 38 surface-water sites and 511 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.