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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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Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout 2010 Alternate Site 10 (11NPSWRD_WQX-CALO_2010_ALT10) 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 "Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout 2010 Alternate Site 10" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CALO_2010_ALT10. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03020105.

This site is located in Carteret County County, North Carolina at 34.8234930100 degrees latitude and -76.3845267900 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-CALO_2010_ALT10" 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, Phytoplankton 2010 - 2010
Information 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Nutrient 2010 - 2010
Organics, Other 2010 - 2010
Organics, PCBs 2010 - 2010
Organics, Pesticide 2010 - 2010
Physical 2010 - 2010
Radiochemical 2010 - 2010
*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-CALO_2010_ALT10
MonitoringLocationName Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout 2010 Alternate Site 10
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03020105
LatitudeMeasure 34.8234930100
LongitudeMeasure -76.3845267900
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET