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Lincoln Cr - Blw Mineralized Trib Conf (CORIVWCH_WQX-1038) 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 "Lincoln Cr - Blw Mineralized Trib Conf" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-1038. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010004.

This site is located in Pitkin County County, Colorado at 39.0204300000 degrees latitude and -106.6097100000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 11385 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-1038" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2024 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2024 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2024 - 2024
Physical 2024 - 2024
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-1038
MonitoringLocationName Lincoln Cr - Blw Mineralized Trib Conf
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From LC6 and the end of Lincoln Creek Rd (USFS Rd 102) head back down the road towards Grizzly Reservoir for approximately 0.2 miles where you will find mine drainage (from Ruby Mine) running across the road. About 150 feet down the road you will find another stream flowing across the road. Follow this to the confluence with Lincoln Creek where this drainage joins Lincoln Creek. This sampling location is in the E shore of Lincoln Creek below the confluence.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010004
LatitudeMeasure 39.0204300000
LongitudeMeasure -106.6097100000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 11385
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 097
ProviderName STORET