For the past few years Humboldt County has monitored four locations: Trinidad State Beach near Mill Creek, Luffenholtz Beach near Luffenholtz Creek, Moonstone County Park (Little River State Beach) near Little River, and Clam Beach County Park near Strawberry Creek. Although not covered in this annual report, Humboldt County has recently added another monitoring station at Mad River Mouth North as of October 2004. This station is currently included in our weekly beach report cards. The Environmental Health Department monitors sampling locations on a weekly basis from April through October. Throughout the winter season sampling is limited to approximately twice a month. The monitoring program is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency's National Beach Guidance and Performance Criteria for Recreational Waters Program. For additional water quality information visit the Humboldt County Department of Environmental Health website.
Of the 4 monitored beaches in Humboldt County covered in this report, all locations received A grades for both the summer dry weather time period and overall dry weather period (Figure 3 and 4). During the wet weather time period, both Moonstone County Park and Clam Beach received poor wet weather grades, F and D respectively. Trinidad State Beach and Luffenholtz Beach earned Bs. Last year, no Humboldt County beaches received poor grades, even in wet weather.
Sewage Spill Summary
There were zero (0) reported sewage spills in Humboldt County that led to beach closures.
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