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Kilometer 23 from Ocean City Inlet (11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_KM23) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This ocean site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Kilometer 23 from Ocean City Inlet" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_KM23. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040303.

This site is located in Worcester County County, Maryland at 38.1257630000 degrees latitude and -75.1793670000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_KM23" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 1990 - 1993
Organics, Other 1992 - 1993
Physical 1990 - 1993
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ASIS_NPS_KM23
MonitoringLocationName Kilometer 23 from Ocean City Inlet
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located near Kilometer 23 (from OC inlet) on Assateague Island. Referred to in original data as Dune Crossing 6 or 8. Station was active from 19901993. Station was also referred to as Fox Hills.
HUCEightDigitCode 02040303
LatitudeMeasure 38.1257630000
LongitudeMeasure -75.1793670000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 24
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET