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Grape Creek Upstream of Florissant Fossil Beds (11NPSWRD_WQX-FLFO_NPS_HUTCH) 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 "Grape Creek Upstream of Florissant Fossil Beds" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-FLFO_NPS_HUTCH. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190001.

This site is located in Teller County County, Colorado at 38.8871944000 degrees latitude and -105.2659167000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8585 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 "11NPSWRD_WQX-FLFO_NPS_HUTCH" 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, Major, Metals 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1992 - 1992
Microbiological 1992 - 1992
Nutrient 1992 - 1992
Organics, Other 1992 - 1992
Physical 1992 - 1992
*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-FLFO_NPS_HUTCH
MonitoringLocationName Grape Creek Upstream of Florissant Fossil Beds
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Station is located just upstream of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument on a tributary of Grape Creek. The station can be found on the Lake George CO 7.5' U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle. Data were collected on August 4 1992. The exact location of the station is unknown. The best description is that a sample was collected upstream from the Florissant Fossil Beds N.M. boundary on a tributary to Grape Creek. Data for this station were received from Tom Ulrich the Chief Ranger at Florissant Fossil Beds N.M. as a Lotus 123 file named DATA2.WK1. This file referred to this station as Hutchinson. For more information contact Resource Management at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument 11500 Highway 150; Mosca CO 8114697698. Tel(719)7483253. Data were 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(970)2253516.*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 10190001
LatitudeMeasure 38.8871944000
LongitudeMeasure -105.2659167000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8585
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 119
ProviderName STORET