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PLAYA PALMAS ALTAS BARCELONETA (PR_COAST-SBZ008) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board Coastal (identifier PR_COAST), has the name "PLAYA PALMAS ALTAS BARCELONETA" and has the identifier PR_COAST-SBZ008. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)21010002.

This site is located in Barceloneta Municipio County, Puerto Rico at 18.4866667 degrees latitude and -66.5783333 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "PR_COAST-SBZ008" 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 1999 - 2007
Physical 1999 - 2007
*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 PR_COAST
OrganizationFormalName Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board Coastal
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PR_COAST-SBZ008
MonitoringLocationName PLAYA PALMAS ALTAS BARCELONETA
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21PREQB ) ON 18-FEB-00¶MAJOR BASIN NAME: ¶BASIN CODE: 180000¶MINOR BASIN NAME:
HUCEightDigitCode 21010002
LatitudeMeasure 18.4866667
LongitudeMeasure -66.5783333
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 72
CountyCode 017
ProviderName STORET