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Bear Cr - Bear Canyon (CORIVWCH_WQX-325) 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 "Bear Cr - Bear Canyon" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-325. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020003.

This site is located in El Paso County County, Colorado at 38.8206320000 degrees latitude and -104.8914580000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6731 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-325" 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 2005 - 2022
Information 2010 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2022
Not Assigned 2012 - 2021
Nutrient 2006 - 2021
Physical 2005 - 2022
Physical, Habitat 2010 - 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-325
MonitoringLocationName Bear Cr - Bear Canyon
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From I-25 and Hwy 24 in Colorado Springs, travel west on Hwy 24. Turn south (left) on 26th street to intersection of Gold Camp Road. Here 26th becomes Bear Creek Road. Continue on Bear Creek road to point where road ends. A paved road continues at an extreme left. This is Gold Camp Road. At this intersection follow gravel road south. This is High Drive. Park here. Walk approximately 100 yards up High Drive to trail head. You can see USGS station from here. Sample at gauging station.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020003
LatitudeMeasure 38.8206320000
LongitudeMeasure -104.8914580000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6731
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET