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Cave Cr - Cave Cr Thunder room (CORIVWCH_WQX-3487) 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 "Cave Cr - Cave Cr Thunder room" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-3487. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14050005.

This site is located in Rio Blanco County County, Colorado at 39.8600330000 degrees latitude and -107.5385330000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7989 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-3487" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2016 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2016
Nutrient 2016 - 2016
Physical 2016 - 2016
*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 (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-3487
MonitoringLocationName Cave Cr - Cave Cr Thunder room
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Meeker, take CO Hwy 13 E for 1 mi, then turn rt (E) on Rio Blanco CR 8 and follow this for 18 mi. Turn S on Rio Blanco CR 10 for 2 mi, jog N .25 mi, then continue E for 10 mi to the South Fork CG and trailhead. Cross the bridge at the campground, and follow the Spring Cave Trail .6 miles to the cave. Enter the cave. The sample location at Thunder Road is about 420 feet SSW of the cave entrance (about 20 degrees west of due south).
HUCEightDigitCode 14050005
LatitudeMeasure 39.8600330000
LongitudeMeasure -107.5385330000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7989
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET