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HANAPEPE BAY (21HI-000860) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health Clean Water Branch (identifier 21HI), has the name "HANAPEPE BAY" and has the identifier 21HI-000860. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)20070000.

This site is located in Kauai County County, Hawaii at 21.9000000000 degrees latitude and -159.5833333000 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 "21HI-000860" 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, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1982 - 1982
Information 1982 - 1982
Microbiological 2011 - 2011
Not Assigned 1982 - 1982
Nutrient 1982 - 1982
Physical 1982 - 2011
*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 21HI
OrganizationFormalName Hawaii Department of Health Clean Water Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21HI-000860
MonitoringLocationName HANAPEPE BAY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 000860 HANAPEPE BAY CLASS A OCEAN HANAPEPE RIVER MAJOR SOURCE OF FRESH WATER DISCHARGE INTO BAY. USGS GAGING STATION NO. 16049000 AT HANAPEPE RIVER BELOW MANUAHI STREAM, NEAR ELEELE. DRAINAGE AREA 18.5 SQ. MILES (47.9 SQ. KM.). PORT ALLEN PIER AND BOAT HARBOR PROTECTED BY BREAKWATER IN BAY 1000 FT. LONG. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21HI ) ON 07-DEC-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: KAUAI BASIN CODE: MINOR BASIN NAME: HANAPEPE
HUCEightDigitCode 20070000
LatitudeMeasure 21.9000000000
LongitudeMeasure -159.5833333000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 15
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET