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Lake Fork River upstream of Cleveland Gulch (LFVC-LF-15) 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 Lake Fork Valley Conservancy (identifier LFVC), has the name "Lake Fork River upstream of Cleveland Gulch" and has the identifier LFVC-LF-15. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020002.

This site is located in Hinsdale County County, Colorado at 37.9401910000 degrees latitude and -107.5028660000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 10837 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 "LFVC-LF-15" 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 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Radiochemical 2012 - 2012
*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 LFVC
OrganizationFormalName Lake Fork Valley Conservancy
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LFVC-LF-15
MonitoringLocationName Lake Fork River upstream of Cleveland Gulch
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Lake Fork River upstream of Cleveland Gulch. Drive 15 miles up County Road 30 from the Junction of County Roads 30 & 33 (south end of Lake San Cristobal). After 15 mile mark pull into parking spot on left side. Walk in SSW direction about 250 feet.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020002
LatitudeMeasure 37.9401910000
LongitudeMeasure -107.5028660000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 10837
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET