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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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Pacific Ocean Box 3, San Diego Bay Mouth (11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_USN3_BOX03) 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 Box 3, San Diego Bay Mouth" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_USN3_BOX03. 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 32.6793078000 degrees latitude and -117.2306482000 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_USN3_BOX03" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2000 - 2002
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2000 - 2002
Biological, Carbon Production 2000 - 2002
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2002
Microbiological 2000 - 2002
Nutrient 2000 - 2002
Organics, Other 2000 - 2002
Physical 2000 - 2002
*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-CABR_USN3_BOX03
MonitoringLocationName Pacific Ocean Box 3, San Diego Bay Mouth
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is Pacific Ocean Box 3, south of the San Diego Bay mouth and east of Point Loma, CA. This is a generalized location, approximately the center of a box area. Continuous flow data were recorded and an integrated water sample was collected as the ship moved within the box.
HUCEightDigitCode 18070304
LatitudeMeasure 32.6793078000
LongitudeMeasure -117.2306482000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET