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LITTLE SQUAW CREEK ABOVE RIO GRANDE RIVER (21COL001_WQX-RUST-Little Squ) 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 "LITTLE SQUAW CREEK ABOVE RIO GRANDE RIVER" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-RUST-Little Squ. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010001.

This site is located in Hinsdale County County, Colorado at 37.7263213900 degrees latitude and -107.2346542000 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-RUST-Little Squ" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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, Counts 2015 - 2015
*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-RUST-Little Squ
MonitoringLocationName LITTLE SQUAW CREEK ABOVE RIO GRANDE RIVER
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 13010001
LatitudeMeasure 37.7263213900
LongitudeMeasure -107.2346542000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET