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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  CEDEN >  CEDEN-517PLC127

Pauly Creek ~1.8mi above Downie River (CEDEN-517PLC127) 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 "Pauly Creek ~1.8mi above Downie River" and has the identifier CEDEN-517PLC127. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18020125.

This site is located in Sierra County County, California at 39.5847000000 degrees latitude and -120.8100000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 965 m 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-517PLC127" 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, Counts 2015 - 2015
Information 2015 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2015
Nutrient 2015 - 2015
Physical 2015 - 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-517PLC127
MonitoringLocationName Pauly Creek ~1.8mi above Downie River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 18020125
LatitudeMeasure 39.5847000000
LongitudeMeasure -120.8100000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 965
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET