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SPING VALLEY CREEK AT CTY. RD. 115 NEAR HEAD OF RED CANYON (21COL001_WQX-12791B-LM) 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-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "SPING VALLEY CREEK AT CTY. RD. 115 NEAR HEAD OF RED CANYON" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-12791B-LM. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010004.

This site is located in Garfield County County, Colorado at 39.5178333300 degrees latitude and -107.2763333000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "21COL001_WQX-12791B-LM" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Physical 2024 - 2025
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX-12791B-LM
MonitoringLocationName SPING VALLEY CREEK AT CTY. RD. 115 NEAR HEAD OF RED CANYON
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site was sampled as part of a special study in 1999. The LM suffix was added in 2016 to differentiate these sites from newer locations that were assigned the same site IDs. 12791B was assigned to Coulter Creek at CR 115 in 2001.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010004
LatitudeMeasure 39.5178333300
LongitudeMeasure -107.2763333000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET