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Razor Cr - Middle Razor Cr (CORIVWCH_WQX-641) 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 "Razor Cr - Middle Razor Cr" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-641. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020003.

This site is located in Saguache County County, Colorado at 38.3014320000 degrees latitude and -106.5851673208 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 9563 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-641" 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 2022 - 2022
Information 2022 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2022
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2022
Not Assigned 2022 - 2022
Nutrient 2021 - 2022
Physical 2021 - 2022
Physical, Habitat 2022 - 2022
*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-641
MonitoringLocationName Razor Cr - Middle Razor Cr
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Gunnison, travel 19.3 miles to Doyleville and take a right on Gunnison County Road 45 (Doyleville cutoff). After crossing valley (1mile), take left on county road 46 and continue, following signs to needle creek reservoir. Continue around Needle Creek Reservoir (Saguache CR-25TT and continue up road on needle creek. Continue until you drop over divide in Razor Creek at Razor Creek Park. Road is narrow and steep but passible with full sized pickup. UTV may be faster.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020003
LatitudeMeasure 38.3014320000
LongitudeMeasure -106.5851673208
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 9563
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET