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Pacific Ocean 5.9 km West-NorthWest of Cabrillo N.M. (11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_OMP_A04) 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 "Pacific Ocean 5.9 km West-NorthWest of Cabrillo N.M." and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_OMP_A04. 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 32.6845000000 degrees latitude and -117.3070000000 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-CABR_OMP_A04" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 1991 - 1995
Organics, Other 1991 - 1995
Physical 1991 - 1995
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_OMP_A04
MonitoringLocationName Pacific Ocean 5.9 km West-NorthWest of Cabrillo N.M.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is outside the Cabrillo National Monument park boundary and is located in the Pacific Ocean 5.9 km westnorthwest of Cabrillo National Monument along the 80 meter depth contour. This site is referred to as station 'A4' in the Annual Receiving Waters Monitoring Reports for the Point Loma Ocean Outfall and is monitored as part of the requirements for NPDES Permit No. CA0107409. Sampling at station 'A4' was discontinued in March 1995.
HUCEightDigitCode 18070304
LatitudeMeasure 32.6845000000
LongitudeMeasure -117.3070000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET