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JOYCE SPRING LOWER POOL ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND (11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_NPS_JS2) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "JOYCE SPRING LOWER POOL ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_NPS_JS2. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18060014.

This site is located in Santa Barbara County County, California at 34.0097778000 degrees latitude and -119.5565833000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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-CHIS_NPS_JS2" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1983 - 1983
*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-CHIS_NPS_JS2
MonitoringLocationName JOYCE SPRING LOWER POOL ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SANTA CRUZ ISLAND D CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT THE JOYCE SPRING LOWER POOL ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND IN CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK. THIS POOL IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE UPPER POOL AT STATION CHIS_NPS_JS1. DATA ARE FROM A 19 SEPTEMBER 1983 MEMORANDUM FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) WATER RESOURCES DIVISION TO THE NPS WESTERN REGIONAL DIRECTOR CONTAINING A WATER RESOURCES EVALUATION OF THE GHERINI PROPERTY ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND WITHIN CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATE VALUES WERE OBTAINED BY DIGITIZING A POINT ON THE QUADRANGLE MAP MATCHING THE SITE DESCRIPTION IN THE REPORT. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK; 1901 SPINNAKER DR.; VENTURA CA 93001. TEL. 8056585700. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY J. CHRIS ECHOHAWK; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DR. SUITE 250; FT. COLLINS CO 80525. TEL. 9702253516. FAX. 9702259965.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/SPRING
HUCEightDigitCode 18060014
LatitudeMeasure 34.0097778000
LongitudeMeasure -119.5565833000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET