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Rito Seco Cr - Blw Battle Mtn Gold (CORIVWCH_WQX-156) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Colorado River Watch (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Rito Seco Cr - Blw Battle Mtn Gold" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-156. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010002.

This site is located in Costilla County County, Colorado at 37.2416065900 degrees latitude and -105.3862384000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8280 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-156" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2002
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2004
Nutrient 2001 - 2002
Physical 1992 - 2005
*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
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-156
MonitoringLocationName Rito Seco Cr - Blw Battle Mtn Gold
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From junction of state hwys 142 & 159 in the town of San Luis; go north 2 blks on 159, turn right & continue approx 0.4 mi to road leading to Rito Seco Park, turn left. Follow this road about 3.4 mi to a jeep road creek crossing on the right (crossing is currently blocked by beaver dam). Station is 40 yds upstream from here.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010002
LatitudeMeasure 37.2416065900
LongitudeMeasure -105.3862384000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8280
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET