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BARBOSA BEACH AREA-OCEAN PARK (PR_COAST-B-2) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This ocean site, maintained by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board Coastal (identifier PR_COAST), has the name "BARBOSA BEACH AREA-OCEAN PARK" and has the identifier PR_COAST-B-2.

This site is located in San Juan Municipio County, Puerto Rico at 18.4552778 degrees latitude and -66.0483333 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "PR_COAST-B-2" 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*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 1999
Microbiological 1999 - 2007
Nutrient 1999 - 2002
Physical 1999 - 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 PR_COAST
OrganizationFormalName Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board Coastal
MonitoringLocationIdentifier PR_COAST-B-2
MonitoringLocationName BARBOSA BEACH AREA-OCEAN PARK
MonitoringLocationTypeName Ocean
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE 21010005 (EAST BASIN) ¶STATION LOCATION- BARBOSA BEACH AREA IN OCEAN PARK. ¶WATERS ARE CLASSIFIED AS SB ¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶¶MIGRATED FROM LEGACY STORET AGENCY CODE (21PREQB ) ON 18-FEB-00¶MAJOR BASIN NAME: PUERTO RICO ¶BASIN CODE: 180599¶MINOR BASIN NAME: EAST BASIN
LatitudeMeasure 18.4552778
LongitudeMeasure -66.0483333
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 72
CountyCode 127
ProviderName STORET