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SANDY BAY PARKING AREA SOUND SIDE ACCESS (21NCBCH-N39A) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-estuary site, maintained by the NC Recreational Water Quality Program (identifier 21NCBCH), has the name "SANDY BAY PARKING AREA SOUND SIDE ACCESS" and has the identifier 21NCBCH-N39A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03020105.

This site is located in Dare County County, North Carolina at 35.2211410000 degrees latitude and -75.6579250000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21NCBCH-N39A" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Microbiological 2020 - 2023
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21NCBCH
OrganizationFormalName NC Recreational Water Quality Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NCBCH-N39A
MonitoringLocationName SANDY BAY PARKING AREA SOUND SIDE ACCESS
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Estuary
HUCEightDigitCode 03020105
LatitudeMeasure 35.2211410000
LongitudeMeasure -75.6579250000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET