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QUEMADA CANYON 50M BELOW RANCH WATER DEVELOPMENT (11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_NPS_Q1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "QUEMADA CANYON 50M BELOW RANCH WATER DEVELOPMENT" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_NPS_Q1. 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 33.9545833000 degrees latitude and -120.0562500000 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_Q1" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1993 - 1993
*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-CHIS_NPS_Q1
MonitoringLocationName QUEMADA CANYON 50M BELOW RANCH WATER DEVELOPMENT
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SANTA ROSA ISLAND SOUTH; CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS IN QUEMADA CANYON 50 METERS BELOW THE RANCH WATER DEVELOPMENT IN CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK. DATA ARE FROM THE 1995 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TECHNICAL REPORT 9508 "INVENTORY OF WATER QUALITY ON SANTA ROSA ISLAND" BY CECE SELLGREN; NPS RANGE CONSERVATIONIST. 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/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 18060014
LatitudeMeasure 33.9545833000
LongitudeMeasure -120.0562500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET