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Home Ranch Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-PORE_WQ_DES3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Home Ranch Creek" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-PORE_WQ_DES3. 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 38.0713089300 degrees latitude and -122.9072764000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 31 ft No vertical 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_WQ_DES3" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 1993 - 2013
Not Assigned 1999 - 2013
Nutrient 2000 - 2004
Physical 1999 - 2013
*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_WQ_DES3
MonitoringLocationName Home Ranch Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Below ranch complex; Go back towards HQ on SFD; turn Rt. at the Estero trail sign; follow road until it ends at the ranch; park to the left of the first barn at the gate; go through gate and follow fence line until it intersects at a 90-degree angle with another fence; turn left and go through that fence; go diagonally across pasture and through trees to the left of a big fallen tree to site; at staff gauge.
HUCEightDigitCode 18050005
LatitudeMeasure 38.0713089300
LongitudeMeasure -122.9072764000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 31
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET