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San Miguel - Blw Power Plant Discharge (SMR3a) (CORIVWCH_WQX-344) 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 "San Miguel - Blw Power Plant Discharge (SMR3a)" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-344. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14030003.

This site is located in Montrose County County, Colorado at 38.2327630600 degrees latitude and -108.5105549000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5535 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-344" 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 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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-344
MonitoringLocationName San Miguel - Blw Power Plant Discharge (SMR3a)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Naturita go E on Hwy 90. At Hwy 90 and 145 go E on 90. Turn left on EE30 Rd, right at first private drive,site is at terminus of private drive on private property, downstream of discharge.
HUCEightDigitCode 14030003
LatitudeMeasure 38.2327630600
LongitudeMeasure -108.5105549000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5535
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 085
ProviderName STORET