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HOT CREEK DOWNSTREAM OF PIEDROSA CREEK ON HOT CREEK ROAD (21COL001_WQX-8345E) 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 "HOT CREEK DOWNSTREAM OF PIEDROSA CREEK ON HOT CREEK ROAD" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-8345E. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010002.

This site is located in Conejos County County, Colorado at 37.2952700000 degrees latitude and -106.2542450000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-8345E" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2011 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2011
Nutrient 2010 - 2011
Physical 2010 - 2011
*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-8345E
MonitoringLocationName HOT CREEK DOWNSTREAM OF PIEDROSA CREEK ON HOT CREEK ROAD
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Follow Hot Cr Rd, pass from SWA into Nat'l Forest and go another mile or so. Look for faint tracks off to the right leading to an old homestead and steep trails to this perennial creek. Stream name was changed from Unnamed to Hot Creek based on location.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010002
LatitudeMeasure 37.2952700000
LongitudeMeasure -106.2542450000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET