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Owens Creek ~3mi below Hwy 59 (CEDEN-535PS0191) 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 "Owens Creek ~3mi below Hwy 59" and has the identifier CEDEN-535PS0191. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18040001.

This site is located in Merced County County, California at 37.2338000000 degrees latitude and -120.5200000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 43 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-535PS0191" 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 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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-535PS0191
MonitoringLocationName Owens Creek ~3mi below Hwy 59
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 18040001
LatitudeMeasure 37.2338000000
LongitudeMeasure -120.5200000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 43
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 047
ProviderName STORET