Beach Water Quality Monitoring Stations
This dataset includes the details for the water quality monitoring stations associated with the beach water quality monitoring program. data elements include the location (latitude and longitude), the beach name and the county and agency doing the monitoring.
Data dictionary
Field definitions supplied by the publishing agency in CKAN.
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Board | text | Regional Board | — |
| Station_id | numeric | Station_id | — |
| Station_Agency_id | numeric | Station_Agency_id | — |
| BeachName_id | numeric | BeachName_id | — |
| Station_Name | text | Station_Name | — |
| Station_Description | text | Station_Description | — |
| AgencyStationIdentifier | text | AgencyStationIdentifier | — |
| Station_UpperLat | numeric | Station_UpperLat | — |
| Station_UpperLon | numeric | Station_UpperLon | — |
| Station_LowerLat | numeric | Station_LowerLat | — |
| Station_LowerLon | numeric | Station_LowerLon | — |
| SwimSeason | text | SwimSeason | — |
| OffSeason | text | OffSeason | — |
| AsNeededSeason | text | AsNeededSeason | — |
| CountyCode | text | CountyCode | — |
| CountyName | text | CountyName | — |
| Status | text | Status | — |
| UpdateDate | date | UpdateDate | — |
| Stations Insert Date | text | Stations Insert Date | — |
| pointZero | numeric | pointZero | — |
| Datum | numeric | Datum | — |
| Beach_AgencyName | text | Beach_AgencyName | — |
| Beach_Name | text | Beach_Name | — |
| Description | text | Description | — |
| BeachType | text | BeachType | — |
| Beach Length | numeric | Beach Length | — |
| AttendanceWinter | numeric | AttendanceWinter | — |
| AttendanceSummer | numeric | AttendanceSummer | — |
| NearestCityName | text | NearestCityName | — |
| WaterBodyName | text | WaterBodyName | — |
| WaterBodyClass | text | WaterBodyClass | — |
| AB411Beach | text | AB411Beach | — |
| USEPAID | text | USEPAID | — |
| BeachAccess | text | BeachAccess | — |
| SwimSeasonLength | numeric | SwimSeasonLength | — |
| WaterBodyType | text | WaterBodyType | — |
| WaterShedName | text | WaterShedName | — |
| Beach_UpperLat | numeric | Beach_UpperLat | — |
| Beach_UpperLon | numeric | Beach_UpperLon | — |
| Beach_LowerLat | numeric | Beach_LowerLat | — |
| Beach_LowerLon | numeric | Beach_LowerLon | — |
| Beach_County | text | Beach_County | — |
| Beach_User_id | numeric | Beach_User_id | — |
| Beach_Status | text | Beach_Status | — |
| CountAsBeach | numeric | CountAsBeach | — |
| Agency_id | numeric | Agency_id | — |
| Agency_Code | text | Agency_Code | — |
| Agency_Name | text | Agency_Name | — |
| Agency_Jurisdiction | text | Agency_Jurisdiction | — |
| StreetAddress | text | StreetAddress | — |
| City | text | City | — |
| Station Contact Person | text | Station Contact Person | — |
| Zip | numeric | Zip | — |
| EstMonCost | text | EstMonCost | — |
| EstCoastlineAdvisoryCost | text | EstCoastlineAdvisoryCost | — |
| EstTotalCost | text | EstTotalCost | — |
| Station Comments | text | Station Comments | — |
| County | text | County | — |
| Agency_User_id | numeric | Agency_User_id | — |
| Regional Board Number | numeric | Regional Board Number | — |
| Regional Board Name | text | Regional Board Name | — |
Resource details
| Format | CSV |
|---|---|
| Size | 634 KB |
| Rows | 1,041 |
| Last updated | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Part of | Beach Advisories (Postings and Closures) and Beach Water Quality Monitoring |
CKAN Data API
Access resource data through the CKAN DataStore API. The examples below use this resource's ID.
Endpoints
The Data API provides these actions. Creating or updating records requires appropriate permissions; the query actions read public DataStore records.
| Create | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_create |
|---|---|
| Update / insert | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_upsert |
| Query | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search |
| Query via SQL | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql |
Query examples
"https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=98e628ff-d012-4982-ad32-b9f9ad8ab524&limit=5""https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=98e628ff-d012-4982-ad32-b9f9ad8ab524&q=jones""https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT%20%2A%20FROM%20%2298e628ff-d012-4982-ad32-b9f9ad8ab524%22%20LIMIT%205"SQL queries depend on whether SQL search is enabled by the portal.
OData query
Use the resource's OData URL and its field names for paging, selecting columns, or filtering rows.
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$skip=5&$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$select=FIELD_NAME&$filter=FIELD_NAME eq 'VALUE'Replace ODATA_RESOURCE_URL, FIELD_NAME, and VALUE with the details for the selected resource. See the OData query options guide (opens in a new tab) for more examples.
Use the API in code
JavaScript (JSONP)
var data = { resource_id: '98e628ff-d012-4982-ad32-b9f9ad8ab524', limit: 5, q: 'jones' };
$.ajax({
url: 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search',
data: data,
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function (response) {
console.log(response.result.total, response.result.records);
}
});Python
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen
url = 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=98e628ff-d012-4982-ad32-b9f9ad8ab524&limit=5'
with urlopen(url) as response:
result = json.load(response)['result']
print(result['total'], result['records'])For parameters and response fields, see the CKAN DataStore documentation (opens in a new tab).