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Zanja_de_Cota_Creek_Mid (SYCEO-ZDC_3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office (California) (identifier SYCEO), has the name "Zanja_de_Cota_Creek_Mid" and has the identifier SYCEO-ZDC_3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18060010.

This site is located in Santa Barbara County County, California at 34.6108611 degrees latitude and -120.0942778 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 "SYCEO-ZDC_3" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2008
Microbiological 2005 - 2008
Not Assigned 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 2005 - 2008
Organics, Other 2006 - 2008
Organics, Pesticide 2006 - 2008
Physical 2001 - 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 SYCEO
OrganizationFormalName Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office (California)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SYCEO-ZDC_3
MonitoringLocationName Zanja_de_Cota_Creek_Mid
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Location is representative of water quality directly below the confluence for the east and west forks of Zanja de Cota Creek; The Santa Ynez Wastewate Treatment Plant (WWTP) is located just northeast of this location.
HUCEightDigitCode 18060010
LatitudeMeasure 34.6108611
LongitudeMeasure -120.0942778
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET