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Oak Cr - Abv Conf Uncompahgre (CORIVWCH_WQX-3585) 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 "Oak Cr - Abv Conf Uncompahgre" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-3585. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020006.

This site is located in Ouray County County, Colorado at 38.0201000000 degrees latitude and -107.6763000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7778 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-3585" 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*
Biological, Counts 2005 - 2005
Information 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2002 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2006
Not Assigned 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2002 - 2005
Physical 2002 - 2006
Physical, Habitat 2005 - 2005
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-3585
MonitoringLocationName Oak Cr - Abv Conf Uncompahgre
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From US Hwy 550 within town of Ouray, turn west onto 3rd Ave and proceed 3 blks to Box Canyon Rd (possibly Box Canyon Falls Rd). Park near this intersection and walk across bridge just to the west. Continue on trail until you reach Canyon Creek and Oak Cr, they are 50' apart, sample on Oak Cr abv conf.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020006
LatitudeMeasure 38.0201000000
LongitudeMeasure -107.6763000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7778
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET