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Fountain Cr - At Security (CORIVWCH_WQX-5032) 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 "Fountain Cr - At Security" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-5032. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020003.

This site is located in El Paso County County, Colorado at 38.7292000000 degrees latitude and -104.7339000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5640 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-5032" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Nutrient 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
*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-5032
MonitoringLocationName Fountain Cr - At Security
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText in Colorado Springs, travel south on I-25, take route 16/mesa ridge parkway exit and go east. Take a left at 85th St. and then a left at Carson blvd. then go right at river rd. and into creek bottom ct. Go left down a dirt road and take another left and park by the horse stables at end of road. Site is through some woods and a metal gate to creek.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020003
LatitudeMeasure 38.7292000000
LongitudeMeasure -104.7339000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5640
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 041
ProviderName STORET