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Alamosa - Stunner CG (CORIVWCH_WQX-701) 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 "Alamosa - Stunner CG" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010002.

This site is located in Conejos County County, Colorado at 37.3806460000 degrees latitude and -106.5684120000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 9766 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-701" 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 2002 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2014
Physical 2001 - 2014
*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 (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-701
MonitoringLocationName Alamosa - Stunner CG
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From LaJara, take Hwy 15 W toward Capulin. Travel 10 miles through Capulin to Centrito. Hwy 15 takes a 90' turn to the No, becoming the gunbarrel. Just past the 90' turn, turn L (W) on to forest service rd to Jasper. Travel Approx 28-30 miles through Jasper past Wightman, Bitter and Alum Creek. At Alum Creek turn R on road to Ellwood Pass and to Stunner Campground. Go to Stunner Campground and take trail on S side of Campground down to Alamosa River. Travel upstream to open place with sany su
HUCEightDigitCode 13010002
LatitudeMeasure 37.3806460000
LongitudeMeasure -106.5684120000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 9766
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 021
ProviderName STORET