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Branciforte Creek at Happy Valley School (CEDEN-304-BRANC-24) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the California State Water Resources Control Board (identifier CEDEN), has the name "Branciforte Creek at Happy Valley School" and has the identifier CEDEN-304-BRANC-24. 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 37.0350000000 degrees latitude and -121.9850000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "CEDEN-304-BRANC-24" 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*
Nutrient 2009 - 2013
*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 CEDEN
OrganizationFormalName California State Water Resources Control Board
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CEDEN-304-BRANC-24
MonitoringLocationName Branciforte Creek at Happy Valley School
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Branciforte Creek at Happy Valley School
HUCEightDigitCode 18060015
LatitudeMeasure 37.0350000000
LongitudeMeasure -121.9850000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET