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S Platte - 270 Ped Br (CORIVWCH_WQX-788) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Colorado River Watch (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "S Platte - 270 Ped Br" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-788. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190003.

This site is located in Adams County County, Colorado at 39.8134000000 degrees latitude and -104.9514200000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5111 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-788" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Physical 2000 - 2000
*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-788
MonitoringLocationName S Platte - 270 Ped Br
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From intersection of I270 and york St., take York south about 1/4 of a mile until parking area for the bike path on left. Gravel parking lot which is just beyond entrance of the Denver municipal Waste Water Treatment Plant. From the parking lot, head north down the bike path (approx 1/4 mi) until footbridge across South Platte. Sample here
HUCEightDigitCode 10190003
LatitudeMeasure 39.8134000000
LongitudeMeasure -104.9514200000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5111
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET