Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  CCWC >  CCWC-WILD-00

Wildcat Cat Creek at mouth, above Coal Creek (CCWC-WILD-00) 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 Coal Creek Watershed Coalition (Colorado) (Volunteer) (identifier CCWC), has the name "Wildcat Cat Creek at mouth, above Coal Creek" and has the identifier CCWC-WILD-00. 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 38.8690939896 degrees latitude and -107.0088948900 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-WILD-00" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2012 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2012 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2016
Physical 2012 - 2016
Radiochemical 2016 - 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-WILD-00
MonitoringLocationName Wildcat Cat Creek at mouth, above Coal Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Follow Kebler Pass Road out of Crested Butte past mile marker 31. Look on left hand side of road (south side) for a drainage culvert and parking pullout (small) about eight-tenths of a mile past marker 31 on the right. Wildcat Creek comes in from the south. Hike down from the parking area and walk upstream 50 meters.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020001
LatitudeMeasure 38.8690939896
LongitudeMeasure -107.0088948900
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 051
ProviderName STORET