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ANCHIALINE POOL ON HAWAII COAST NEAR KAILUA KONA (11NPSWRD_WQX-KAHO_UHSG_G16) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "ANCHIALINE POOL ON HAWAII COAST NEAR KAILUA KONA" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KAHO_UHSG_G16. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)20010000.

This site is located in Hawaii County County, Hawaii at 19.8233333000 degrees latitude and -156.0000000000 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-KAHO_UHSG_G16" 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*
Physical 1972 - 1972
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-KAHO_UHSG_G16
MonitoringLocationName ANCHIALINE POOL ON HAWAII COAST NEAR KAILUA KONA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE KIHOLO HAWAII HAWAII CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS AT AN ANCHIALINE POND ON THE KONA COAST OF HAWAII NEAR KAILUA KONA OUTSIDE KALOKOHONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK. DATA ARE FROM THE 1974 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SEA GRANT PROGRAM REPORT "AQUATIC SURVEY OF THE KONA COAST PONDS; HAWAII ISLAND" BY JOHN A. MACIOLEK AND RICHARD E. BROCK; HAWAII COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AT KALOKOHONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK; 734786 KANALANI ST. 14; KAILUA KONA; HI 96740. TEL. 8085676102. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY J. CHRIS ECHOHAWK; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE; SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525. TEL. 9702253516. FAX. 9702259965.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/LAKE
HUCEightDigitCode 20010000
LatitudeMeasure 19.8233333000
LongitudeMeasure -156.0000000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 15
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET