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Coal Creek below Crested Butte water supply intake and above the Keystone WWTP Outfall (CCWC-COAL-10) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Coal Creek Watershed Coalition (Colorado) (Volunteer) (identifier CCWC), has the name "Coal Creek below Crested Butte water supply intake and above the Keystone WWTP Outfall" and has the identifier CCWC-COAL-10. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020001.

This site is located in Gunnison County County, Colorado at 38.8668760000 degrees latitude and -107.0236550000 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 "CCWC-COAL-10" 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, Metals 2006 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2016
Nutrient 2013 - 2013
Physical 2007 - 2016
Radiochemical 2015 - 2016
*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 CCWC
OrganizationFormalName Coal Creek Watershed Coalition (Colorado) (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CCWC-COAL-10
MonitoringLocationName Coal Creek below Crested Butte water supply intake and above the Keystone WWTP Outfall
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Coal Creek approximately 100 meters upstream of Keystone Mine WWTF outfall. Access site in the same way as Coal-05. Look for two yellow-colored poles with blue tops that mark the drinking water intake.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020001
LatitudeMeasure 38.8668760000
LongitudeMeasure -107.0236550000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 051
ProviderName STORET