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MEDANO RANCH QUADRANGLE (21COL001-SAN LUIS LAKE) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake site, maintained by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (identifier 21COL001), has the name "MEDANO RANCH QUADRANGLE" and has the identifier 21COL001-SAN LUIS LAKE. 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 37.6736111 degrees latitude and -105.7222222 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7500 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-SAN LUIS LAKE" 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*
Biological 1992 - 1992
Information 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1992 - 1992
Nutrient 1992 - 1992
Physical 1992 - 1992
*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-SAN LUIS LAKE
MonitoringLocationName MEDANO RANCH QUADRANGLE
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 37.6736111
LongitudeMeasure -105.7222222
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7500
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET