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Suisun Bay @ Bulls Head nr. Martinez (CALWR_WQX-D6) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This other-surface water site, maintained by the California Department Of Water Resources (identifier CALWR_WQX), has the name "Suisun Bay @ Bulls Head nr. Martinez" and has the identifier CALWR_WQX-D6. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18050001.

This site is located in Solano County County, California at 38.0444000000 degrees latitude and -122.1178000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 1 ft.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "CALWR_WQX-D6" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2015
Physical 2004 - 2015
*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 CALWR_WQX
OrganizationFormalName California Department Of Water Resources
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CALWR_WQX-D6
MonitoringLocationName Suisun Bay @ Bulls Head nr. Martinez
MonitoringLocationTypeName Other-Surface Water
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText In Suisun Bay near Bulls Head channel, 300 to 400 m East of Southern Pacific RR bridge at Benicia, and about 200 m Southeast from QK FL R "2".
HUCEightDigitCode 18050001
LatitudeMeasure 38.0444000000
LongitudeMeasure -122.1178000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 095
ProviderName STORET