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Benthic station CON (21CAOCSD-CON) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Orange County Sanitation District California (identifier 21CAOCSD), has the name "Benthic station CON" and has the identifier 21CAOCSD-CON. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18070201.

This site is located in Unspecified County, Unspecified at 33.6006167 degrees latitude and -118.0897833 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "21CAOCSD-CON" 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*
Biological 2001 - 2001
Information 1999 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 2008
Microbiological 1997 - 2001
Not Assigned 1998 - 2008
Nutrient 1997 - 1997
Organics, Other 1998 - 2008
Organics, PCBs 1998 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 1998 - 2008
Physical 1997 - 2008
*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 21CAOCSD
OrganizationFormalName Orange County Sanitation District California
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21CAOCSD-CON
MonitoringLocationName Benthic station CON
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
HUCEightDigitCode 18070201
LatitudeMeasure 33.6006167
LongitudeMeasure -118.0897833
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Carrier Phase Static Relative Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 00
CountyCode 000
ProviderName STORET