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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  EMAP_CS_WQX >  EMAP_CS_WQX-CA99-0048

San Diego Bay (EMAP_CS_WQX-CA99-0048) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This estuary site, maintained by the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (identifier EMAP_CS_WQX), has the name "San Diego Bay" and has the identifier EMAP_CS_WQX-CA99-0048. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)18070304.

This site is located in San Diego County County, California at 32.7260000000 degrees latitude and -117.1790000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "EMAP_CS_WQX-CA99-0048" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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 1999 - 1999
Nutrient 1999 - 1999
Physical 1999 - 1999
*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 EMAP_CS_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
MonitoringLocationIdentifier EMAP_CS_WQX-CA99-0048
MonitoringLocationName San Diego Bay
MonitoringLocationTypeName Estuary
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText EMAP-West Coast/Moss Landing Marine Laboratory
HUCEightDigitCode 18070304
LatitudeMeasure 32.7260000000
LongitudeMeasure -117.1790000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 06
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET