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RIO CHAMA ABV ARCHULETA CREEK (21COL001-8865) 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 Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (identifier 21COL001), has the name "RIO CHAMA ABV ARCHULETA CREEK" and has the identifier 21COL001-8865. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020102.

This site is located in Archuleta County County, Colorado at 37.0377333 degrees latitude and -106.5524166 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8748 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 "21COL001-8865" 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, Non-metals 1992 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1992 - 2006
Microbiological 1992 - 2006
Nutrient 2000 - 2006
Physical 1992 - 2006
Radiochemical 2006 - 2006
*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 21COL001
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001-8865
MonitoringLocationName RIO CHAMA ABV ARCHULETA CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Take Hwy 17 west out of Antonito and eventually south towards Chama. Take a right onto the road leading to Forest Rd 121. Continue on FR 121 until you can take a left on FR 122 into the campground. Once in the campground go the right and follow camp site road north to the river. The site is about 0.75 miles above the confluence with Archuleta Creek.
HUCEightDigitCode 13020102
LatitudeMeasure 37.0377333
LongitudeMeasure -106.5524166
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8748
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET