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KEAHOLE POINT (OCEANIC) (21HI-001234) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Hawaii Department of Health Clean Water Branch (identifier 21HI), has the name "KEAHOLE POINT (OCEANIC)" and has the identifier 21HI-001234.

This site is located in Hawaii County County, Hawaii at 19.7302778000 degrees latitude and -156.0650000000 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-001234" 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 1984 - 1994
Information 1985 - 1990
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1990 - 1994
Not Assigned 1984 - 1994
Nutrient 1984 - 1994
Organics, Other 1990 - 1994
Physical 1984 - 1994
*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-001234
MonitoringLocationName KEAHOLE POINT (OCEANIC)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText ACTIVATION DATE FOR THIS STATION IS JANUARY, 1983. THIS STATION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE OFFSHORE FROM KEAHOLE POINT. KEAHOLE AIRPORT AND AN OTEC DEEP WATER PUMPING FACILITY ARE LOCATED ONSHORE. WATER COLUMN SAMPLING IS PERFORMED AND ANALYZED FOR PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS. MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21HI ) ON 07-DEC-99 MAJOR BASIN NAME: HAWAII BASIN CODE: 170100 MINOR BASIN NAME: HAWAII KONA KEAHOLE
LatitudeMeasure 19.7302778000
LongitudeMeasure -156.0650000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 15
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET