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Pacific Ocean Site No. 686 (11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_SCCP_0686) 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 Site No. 686" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_SCCP_0686. 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 34.1056720000 degrees latitude and -119.7464070000 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-CHIS_SCCP_0686" 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*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Organics, PCBs 2003 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2003
Radiochemical 2003 - 2003
*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_SCCP_0686
MonitoringLocationName Pacific Ocean Site No. 686
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is Pacific Ocean Site No. 686, approximately 5.8 km north of Frys Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, CA. Pelagic forage fish and squid field composite samples were randomly collected at several local commercial fishing ports along the southern California coast from both commercial landing markets and bait receivers. Fishing location was determined from landing receipts or directly from fishing captain or bait receiver tender. Fishing location was typically provided as a California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) fishing block, a number identifying a 10 mi x 10 mi (16 x 16 km) block encompassing a 100 mi2 (260 km2) square area. Block numbers were designated for fishing location when only a geographic landmark was provided.
HUCEightDigitCode 18060014
LatitudeMeasure 34.1056720000
LongitudeMeasure -119.7464070000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET