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LOS PINOS RIVER ABV. VALLECITO RES. (21COL001-9380) 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 "LOS PINOS RIVER ABV. VALLECITO RES." and has the identifier 21COL001-9380. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080101.

This site is located in La Plata County County, Colorado at 37.4070483 degrees latitude and -107.5294666 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "21COL001-9380" 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 1999 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1999 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2008
Microbiological 1999 - 2008
Nutrient 1999 - 2008
Physical 1999 - 2008
Radiochemical 2003 - 2004
*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 21COL001-9380
MonitoringLocationName LOS PINOS RIVER ABV. VALLECITO RES.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is at a Forest Road crossing above the reservoir. Based on a map review, the site is near the intersection of FR 603 and FR 602.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080101
LatitudeMeasure 37.4070483
LongitudeMeasure -107.5294666
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET