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Medano Creek below Dunes Parking Lot (11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_3P_4) 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 "Medano Creek below Dunes Parking Lot" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-GRSA_3P_4. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010003.

This site is located in Alamosa County County, Colorado at 37.7372600000 degrees latitude and -105.5216300000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-GRSA_3P_4" 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*
Organics, Other 2009 - 2009
Organics, Pesticide 2009 - 2009
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2009 - 2009
*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-GRSA_3P_4
MonitoringLocationName Medano Creek below Dunes Parking Lot
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Medano Creek below Dunes Parking Lot. This site is Medano Creek downstream of Dunes parking lot, and approximately 1 kilometer upstream of Mosca Creek mouth. This station has an additional ID from USGS-NWIS of 374416105310501 with the station name of Medano Creek below Mosca Creek at Great Sand Dunes National Monument, CO.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 37.7372600000
LongitudeMeasure -105.5216300000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET