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Rio Grande - La Sauses (CORIVWCH_WQX-144) 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 "Rio Grande - La Sauses" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-144. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010002.

This site is located in Conejos County County, Colorado at 37.3072120000 degrees latitude and -105.7386240000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7490 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-144" 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 1993 - 1997
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 1997
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 1997
Physical 1992 - 1999
*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-144
MonitoringLocationName Rio Grande - La Sauses
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From the junction of US Hwys 160 & 285 in town of Alamosa, travel east 6 blocks to State Ave, turn right and continue to 12th St, turn left. 12th St becomes S River Rd after 5 blocks. Follow S River Rd approx 12 mi to Rd Z, turn left and continue 5.2 mi to bridge over Rio Grande.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010002
LatitudeMeasure 37.3072120000
LongitudeMeasure -105.7386240000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7490
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET