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OR03-0010 Pacific Ocean, 30.5 nautical miles southwest of Heceta Head (OREGONDEQ-30224-ORDEQ) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the State of Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality (identifier OREGONDEQ), has the name "OR03-0010 Pacific Ocean, 30.5 nautical miles southwest of Heceta Head" and has the identifier OREGONDEQ-30224-ORDEQ.

This site is located at 44.0326180000 degrees latitude and -124.8250240000 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 "OREGONDEQ-30224-ORDEQ" 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*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2003 - 2003
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2003 - 2003
Information 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Not Assigned 2003 - 2003
Nutrient 2003 - 2003
Organics, BDEs 2003 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Organics, PCBs 2003 - 2003
Organics, Pesticide 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2003
Radiochemical 2003 - 2003
*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 OREGONDEQ
OrganizationFormalName State of Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality
MonitoringLocationIdentifier OREGONDEQ-30224-ORDEQ
MonitoringLocationName OR03-0010 Pacific Ocean, 30.5 nautical miles southwest of Heceta Head
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
LatitudeMeasure 44.0326180000
LongitudeMeasure -124.8250240000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 41
ProviderName STORET