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N Fk S Platte - Ranch (CORIVWCH_WQX-243) 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 (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "N Fk S Platte - Ranch" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-243. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190002.

This site is located in Park County County, Colorado at 39.4196320300 degrees latitude and -105.5431457000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8220 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-243" 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 2000 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1993 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2021
Nutrient 2001 - 2021
Physical 1992 - 2021
*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
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-243
MonitoringLocationName N Fk S Platte - Ranch
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Fitzsimmons MS, travel west approx 1/2 mi on US Hwy 285 to bridge over N Fk of S Platte. Park and follow river upstream about 250 ft to where barbed wire prevents further access.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190002
LatitudeMeasure 39.4196320300
LongitudeMeasure -105.5431457000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8220
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 093
ProviderName STORET