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West Elk Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-CURE_NPS_WEC1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "West Elk Creek" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CURE_NPS_WEC1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020002.

This site is located in Gunnison County County, Colorado at 38.5059167000 degrees latitude and -107.2728056000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-CURE_NPS_WEC1" 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

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1981 - 1982
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1981 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1965 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1965 - 1982
Microbiological 1993 - 1997
Nutrient 1981 - 1997
Organics, Other 1981 - 1982
Physical 1981 - 1997
Radiochemical 1966 - 1981
*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 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CURE_NPS_WEC1
MonitoringLocationName West Elk Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station was part of Curecanti National Recreation Area's Water Quality Monitoring Program. Station is located on the Little Soap Park 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle. A report was prepared analyzing some of these data: Water Quality Data Analysis and Interpretation Curecanti National Recreation Area (Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/NRTR95/68). For more information on the station and/or the data; contact the Chief of Resource Management at Curecanti National Recreation Area; 102 Elk Creek Gunnison CO 81230 (9706412337 ext. 248). Data processed and uploaded to STORET by Dean Tucker; National Park Service Water Resources Division; 1201 Oak Ridge Dr. Suite 250; Fort Collins CO 80525 (tel. 9702253516; fax. 9702259965).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 14020002
LatitudeMeasure 38.5059167000
LongitudeMeasure -107.2728056000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 051
ProviderName STORET