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Fall River above Confluence with Sundance Creek (11NPSWRD_WQX-ROMO_SM_FRASC) 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 above Confluence with Sundance Creek" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ROMO_SM_FRASC. 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 40.4131389000 degrees latitude and -105.6619167000 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_SM_FRASC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1981 - 1981
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1981 - 1981
Nutrient 1981 - 1981
Organics, Other 1981 - 1981
Physical 1981 - 1981
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-ROMO_SM_FRASC
MonitoringLocationName Fall River above Confluence with Sundance Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The station is located on the Trail Ridge CO 7.5' U.S. Geological Survey (topographic) quadrangle in Rocky Mountain National Park. The data originate from a University of Virginia Department of Environmental Science Master's Thesis prepared by Sandra Lee McCarley entitled "An Evaluation of the Sensitivity of the Central Rocky Mountain Region to Acidic Deposition" published in 1983. The data also appear in an October 1983 report published by the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service entitled "Rocky Mountain Acidification Study" FWS/OBS80/40.17 Air Pollution and Acid Rain Report No. 17. For more information about Rocky Mountain National 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; 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 40.4131389000
LongitudeMeasure -105.6619167000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 069
ProviderName STORET