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Big Sandy Cr - Blw Ramah Res Dam (CORIVWCH_WQX-5010) 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 "Big Sandy Cr - Blw Ramah Res Dam" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-5010. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020011.

This site is located in El Paso County County, Colorado at 39.0975855300 degrees latitude and -104.2045171000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3480 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-5010" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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 2008 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2010
Nutrient 2010 - 2010
Physical 2008 - 2010
*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-5010
MonitoringLocationName Big Sandy Cr - Blw Ramah Res Dam
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Colo Spgs, travel west on Hwy 24 about 35 mi. The site is accessed from the Ramah SWA, maybe locked. Site is downstream of dam. Otherwise can get to site from bac of Mikita Property further down Hwy 24. Turn left of Blasingame Rd, next right onto Ramah Rd, next left on Antelope Rd, follow rd thru cattle guards to site
HUCEightDigitCode 11020011
LatitudeMeasure 39.0975855300
LongitudeMeasure -104.2045171000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3480
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET