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Bear Creek below Alpine Meadows Road (CEDEN-MTRBEAR01) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the California State Water Resources Control Board (identifier CEDEN), has the name "Bear Creek below Alpine Meadows Road" and has the identifier CEDEN-MTRBEAR01. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)16050102.

This site is located in Placer County County, California at 39.1840000000 degrees latitude and -120.2100000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6310 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-MTRBEAR01" 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 2001 - 2007
*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-MTRBEAR01
MonitoringLocationName Bear Creek below Alpine Meadows Road
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Bear Creek at road crossing by stables
HUCEightDigitCode 16050102
LatitudeMeasure 39.1840000000
LongitudeMeasure -120.2100000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6310
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 061
ProviderName STORET