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Beach access at 3rd St (21NCBCH-N12B) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This beach program site-ocean site, maintained by the NC Recreational Water Quality Program (identifier 21NCBCH), has the name "Beach access at 3rd St" and has the identifier 21NCBCH-N12B. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)03010205.

This site is located in Dare County County, North Carolina at 36.0350550000 degrees latitude and -75.6682260000 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 "21NCBCH-N12B" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2005 - 2019
*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 21NCBCH
OrganizationFormalName NC Recreational Water Quality Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NCBCH-N12B
MonitoringLocationName Beach access at 3rd St
MonitoringLocationTypeName BEACH Program Site-Ocean
HUCEightDigitCode 03010205
LatitudeMeasure 36.0350550000
LongitudeMeasure -75.6682260000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 37
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET