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S of Castle Rock, W Of Crescent City CA In St George Channel (11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_NOAA_SGSG) 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 "S of Castle Rock, W Of Crescent City CA In St George Channel" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-REDW_NOAA_SGSG. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18010101.

This site is located in Del Norte County County, California at 41.7478333000 degrees latitude and -124.2076667000 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-REDW_NOAA_SGSG" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1991 - 1991
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1991 - 1991
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 1991
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1991 - 1991
Organics, Other 1991 - 1991
Organics, PCBs 1991 - 1991
Organics, Pesticide 1991 - 1991
Physical 1991 - 1991
Radiochemical 1991 - 1991
*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-REDW_NOAA_SGSG
MonitoringLocationName S of Castle Rock, W Of Crescent City CA In St George Channel
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is located 3 nautical miles south of Point Saint George, and 0.25 nautical miles north of Battery Point near Crescent City. From Highway 101 in Crescent City, turn west onto Fifth St. Take Fifth St. to where it ends at the intersection of Taylor St. and park. Walk down the stairway to the beach. From the foot of the stairs, walk approximately 250 m at a heading of 200° to the large peaked rock. The station is located in the Pacific Ocean near Crescent City, CA in the St. George Channel, south of Castle Rock. The site center is the south side of the large peaked rock. Collections were made from three discrete collection stations, with the middle station being at the site center, and the other two stations being approximately 10 m east and west of the middle station. This is a very exposed site that is frequently hit by large waves. Extreme caution should be exercised when collecting here.
HUCEightDigitCode 18010101
LatitudeMeasure 41.7478333000
LongitudeMeasure -124.2076667000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET