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Big Sur River at Peiffer Big Sur State Park USGS gauge (CEDEN-308BSU) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the California State Water Resources Control Board (identifier CEDEN), has the name "Big Sur River at Peiffer Big Sur State Park USGS gauge" and has the identifier CEDEN-308BSU. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18060006.

This site is located in Monterey County County, California at 36.2458000000 degrees latitude and -121.7720000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 271 ft No vertical 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-308BSU" 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

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 2002 - 2002
Biological, Counts 2002 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2015
Nutrient 2002 - 2015
Organics, Other 2010 - 2010
Physical 2002 - 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 CEDEN
OrganizationFormalName California State Water Resources Control Board
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CEDEN-308BSU
MonitoringLocationName Big Sur River at Peiffer Big Sur State Park USGS gauge
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Sample location is the same as USGS site 11143000
HUCEightDigitCode 18060006
LatitudeMeasure 36.2458000000
LongitudeMeasure -121.7720000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 271
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET