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Medano Cr - Site 1 (CORIVWCH_WQX-1002) 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 River Watch (Volunteer) (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Medano Cr - Site 1" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-1002. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010003.

This site is located in Saguache County County, Colorado at 37.8115000000 degrees latitude and -105.4759000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8800 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "CORIVWCH_WQX-1002" 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*
Biological, Counts 2011 - 2011
Information 2011 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2010 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2011 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2011
Not Assigned 2011 - 2011
Nutrient 2011 - 2011
Physical 2010 - 2011
Physical, Habitat 2011 - 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 CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-1002
MonitoringLocationName Medano Cr - Site 1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From south Entrance Station at Great Sand Dunes National Park, drive north 1.58 miles on main Park road to intersection of Primitive Medano Pass Rd (4WD required). Follow this road, which will cross Medano Creek at just over 4 miles. Go another 2.05 miles, crossing the creek 3 additional times. The sample site is the segment of the stream in the severely burned riparian area, which is west of the road about 100 feet below a beaver dam.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 37.8115000000
LongitudeMeasure -105.4759000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8800
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET