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Little Spring Cr - Near Little Spring Cr (CORIVWCH_WQX-4860) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This seep site, maintained by the Colorado River Watch (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Little Spring Cr - Near Little Spring Cr" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-4860. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010003.

This site is located in Alamosa County County, Colorado at 37.7076000000 degrees latitude and -105.6369000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7612 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-4860" 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 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2018 - 2018
Nutrient 2018 - 2018
Physical 2018 - 2018
*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-4860
MonitoringLocationName Little Spring Cr - Near Little Spring Cr
MonitoringLocationTypeName Seep
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Little Spring Cr adjacent to GRSA-404. Very heavily grazed by bison.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 37.7076000000
LongitudeMeasure -105.6369000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7612
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET