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Pacific Ocean Site No. 4481 (Grab Data) (11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_SCCP_4481G) 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. 4481 (Grab Data)" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CHIS_SCCP_4481G.

This site is located in Santa Barbara County County, California at 34.0963500000 degrees latitude and -120.1231700000 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_4481G" 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, Counts 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Nutrient 2003 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Organics, PCBs 2003 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2003
Radiochemical 2003 - 2003
Toxicity 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_4481G
MonitoringLocationName Pacific Ocean Site No. 4481 (Grab Data)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is Pacific Ocean Site No. 4481, near Canada Verde mouth, Santa Rosa Island, CA. This is a grab station in the Pacific Ocean approximately 8.0 km north of Canada Verde mouth.
LatitudeMeasure 34.0963500000
LongitudeMeasure -120.1231700000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET