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Lightner Cr - At HS (CORIVWCH_WQX-461) 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 "Lightner Cr - At HS" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-461. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080104.

This site is located in La Plata County County, Colorado at 37.2682000000 degrees latitude and -107.9167000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6649 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-461" 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

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 2015 - 2023
Information 2015 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2013 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2013 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2013 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2013 - 2022
Not Assigned 2015 - 2024
Nutrient 2013 - 2017
Physical 2013 - 2024
Physical, Habitat 2015 - 2024
*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-461
MonitoringLocationName Lightner Cr - At HS
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fr Hwy 160 at Hwy 550 in DGO, travel W on 160 approx 1.7 miles, turn rt in Twin Buttes dev. Take 1st left into Animas HS complex and park. Walk W to far side of westmost bldg along river trl. At approx 150' the trail begins up the hill to the rt, but continue along cr for approx 50' until metal fence line of left ends.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080104
LatitudeMeasure 37.2682000000
LongitudeMeasure -107.9167000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6649
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET