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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21CABCH >  21CABCH-255

Aptos Creek Mouth (21CABCH-255) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (BEACH) (identifier 21CABCH), has the name "Aptos Creek Mouth" and has the identifier 21CABCH-255. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18060015.

This site is located in Santa Cruz County County, California at 36.9687600000 degrees latitude and -121.9059200000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "21CABCH-255" 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 2007 - 2010
*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 21CABCH
OrganizationFormalName Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (BEACH)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21CABCH-255
MonitoringLocationName Aptos Creek Mouth
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
HUCEightDigitCode 18060015
LatitudeMeasure 36.9687600000
LongitudeMeasure -121.9059200000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 12500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET