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Pacific Ocean Site No. 4446 (Trawl Data) (11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_SCCP_4446T) 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. 4446 (Trawl Data)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_SCCP_4446T. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18070107.

This site is located in Santa Barbara County County, California at 33.4508200000 degrees latitude and -119.0690450000 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_4446T" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Biological, Counts 2003 - 2003
Physical 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_4446T
MonitoringLocationName Pacific Ocean Site No. 4446 (Trawl Data)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is Pacific Ocean Site No. 4446, near Sutil Island by Santa Barbara Island, CA. This station is the midpoint of a trawl in the Pacific Ocean approximately 2.3 km southwest of Sutil Island. The trawl began at 33.44843N, 119.06797W at a depth of 99.5 meters, traveled northwest for 10 minutes, and ended at 33.45321N, 119.07012W at a depth of 99.7 meters.
HUCEightDigitCode 18070107
LatitudeMeasure 33.4508200000
LongitudeMeasure -119.0690450000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET