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FALL RIVER AT THE EAST END OF HORSESHOE PARK (11NPSWRD_WQX-ROMO_JR_CAP11) 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 "FALL RIVER AT THE EAST END OF HORSESHOE PARK" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ROMO_JR_CAP11. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190006.

This site is located in Larimer County County, Colorado at 40.4007500000 degrees latitude and -105.6018333000 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-ROMO_JR_CAP11" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 1996 - 1996
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ROMO_JR_CAP11
MonitoringLocationName FALL RIVER AT THE EAST END OF HORSESHOE PARK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE ESTES PARK CO 7.5' SERIES (TOPO.) QUADRANGLE. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE FALL RIVER AT THE EAST END OF HORSESHOE PARK AND IS WITHIN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK. THE DATA ARE FROM ANNUAL CAPSHELL SNAIL MONITORING PROGRAM REPORTS BY JOHN RIEBESELL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IN DEARBORN MI. THE REPORTS SUMMARIZED POPULATION DATA AND WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HABITAT OF CAPSHELL SNAILS; A CANDIDATE FOR LISTING UNDER THE FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARK; CONTACT THE CHIEF OF RESOURCES AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; ESTES PARK CO 80517 (TEL. 9705861206). DATA WERE PROCESSED AND UPLOADED TO STORET BY MARGARET MATTER AND ADRIANE PETERSEN; NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WATER RESOURCES DIVISION; 1201 OAK RIDGE DRIVE SUITE 250; FORT COLLINS CO 80525 (TEL. 9702253516).*** Legacy STORET Station Type: /TYPA/AMBNT/STREAM
HUCEightDigitCode 10190006
LatitudeMeasure 40.4007500000
LongitudeMeasure -105.6018333000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 069
ProviderName STORET