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Pacific Ocean Site No. 243 (Circular Plot Data) (11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_NPS_IZ243) site data in the Water Quality Portal
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This ocean site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Pacific Ocean Site No. 243 (Circular Plot Data)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_NPS_IZ243. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18070304.
This site is located in San Diego County County, California at 32.6677360000 degrees latitude and -117.2450680000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-CABR_NPS_IZ243" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Biological, Counts | 1990 - 2005 |
What other information is available for this location?
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Location Metadata | Value |
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OrganizationIdentifier | 11NPSWRD_WQX |
OrganizationFormalName | National Park Service Water Resources Division |
MonitoringLocationIdentifier | 11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_NPS_IZ243 |
MonitoringLocationName | Pacific Ocean Site No. 243 (Circular Plot Data) |
MonitoringLocationTypeName | Ocean |
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText | This station is Pacific Ocean Site No. 243, in the tidepool area immediately west of the Salt Water Conversion Plant, Point Loma, CA. This station is 43.64 inches above Mean Lower Low Water (MLLW; average low tide). This site is a circular plot to collect length and frequency measurements of Lottia gigantea (giant owl limpets). |
HUCEightDigitCode | 18070304 |
LatitudeMeasure | 32.6677360000 |
LongitudeMeasure | -117.2450680000 |
SourceMapScaleNumeric | 0 |
HorizontalCollectionMethodName | GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off) |
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName | WGS84 |
CountryCode | US |
StateCode | 06 |
CountyCode | 073 |
ProviderName | STORET |