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DRAKES ESTERO SAMPLING SITE #3 (11NPSWRD_WQX-PORE_CADHS_DE3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "DRAKES ESTERO SAMPLING SITE #3" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PORE_CADHS_DE3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18050005.

This site is located in Marin County County, California at 38.0600000000 degrees latitude and -122.9509722000 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-PORE_CADHS_DE3" 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*
Microbiological 1988 - 1998
Physical 1990 - 1998
*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-PORE_CADHS_DE3
MonitoringLocationName DRAKES ESTERO SAMPLING SITE #3
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE DRAKES BAY CAMARIN CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. SITE THREE IS ONE OF NINETEEN ESTUARY SAMPLING STATIONS LOCATED AT DRAKES ESTERO INSIDE POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE. DATA WERE COLLECTED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THEIR ANNUAL REEVALUATION OF SHELLFISH GROWING AREA CLASSIFICATIONS FOR DRAKES ESTERO. LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE VALUES WERE ESTIMATED FROM A ROUGH MAP PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AT POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE; POINT REYES CA 94956; TEL. 4156631092. DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY MELANIE SCHNIER AT NPSWRD; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525; TEL. 9702253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/ESTURY
HUCEightDigitCode 18050005
LatitudeMeasure 38.0600000000
LongitudeMeasure -122.9509722000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET