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San Diego River Channel, Ocean Beach Park, on the Channel (11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_SCCP_3217) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This channelized stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "San Diego River Channel, Ocean Beach Park, on the Channel" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_SCCP_3217. 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 32.7555000000 degrees latitude and -117.2490000000 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_SCCP_3217" 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 1998 - 2000
*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_SCCP_3217
MonitoringLocationName San Diego River Channel, Ocean Beach Park, on the Channel
MonitoringLocationTypeName Channelized Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is the channelized San Diego River at the river mouth at Ocean Beach Park in Ocean Beach, CA. This microbiological sample station is at the Dog Beach coast on the channel.
HUCEightDigitCode 18070304
LatitudeMeasure 32.7555000000
LongitudeMeasure -117.2490000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET