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Wildhorse Creek @ Whitlock Flume aka Wildhorse above Arkansas (21COL001_WQX-CO0040789-AUX3) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "Wildhorse Creek @ Whitlock Flume aka Wildhorse above Arkansas" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-CO0040789-AUX3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020002.

This site is located in Pueblo County County, Colorado at 38.2761440000 degrees latitude and -104.6388780000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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-CO0040789-AUX3" 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*
Nutrient 2014 - 2022
Physical 2014 - 2022
*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-CO0040789-AUX3
MonitoringLocationName Wildhorse Creek @ Whitlock Flume aka Wildhorse above Arkansas
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Wildhorse Creek @ Whitlock Flume, under dry conditions dominated by wastewater. During rain events, precipitation dominated. Aka Wildhorse above Arkansas.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020002
LatitudeMeasure 38.2761440000
LongitudeMeasure -104.6388780000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Satellite
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET