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CHALK CREEK D/S MARY MURPHY MINE (21COL001_WQX-7165M) 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 "CHALK CREEK D/S MARY MURPHY MINE" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-7165M. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020001.

This site is located in Chaffee County County, Colorado at 38.6959000000 degrees latitude and -106.3510100000 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 "21COL001_WQX-7165M" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Nutrient 2010 - 2010
Physical 2010 - 2010
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX-7165M
MonitoringLocationName CHALK CREEK D/S MARY MURPHY MINE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText County Road 162 west to St.Elmo, right on Tincup Pass Road, over the bridge over Chalk Creek, left on County Road 294 to Dead End sign. Continue on CR 294 (Note: dead end but good access to site); from this sign to the site it is 0.4 mile.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020001
LatitudeMeasure 38.6959000000
LongitudeMeasure -106.3510100000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET