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San Diego Bay Box 13, Broadway Pier (11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_USN3_BOX13) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "San Diego Bay Box 13, Broadway Pier" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CABR_USN3_BOX13. 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 32.7162723000 degrees latitude and -117.1840642000 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_BOX13" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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 2001 - 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_BOX13
MonitoringLocationName San Diego Bay Box 13, Broadway Pier
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is San Diego Bay Box 13, west of the Broadway Pier, San Diego, 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 32.7162723000
LongitudeMeasure -117.1840642000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET