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At Rifle Gap (MIDCOWATERSHED-935) 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 Middle Colorado Watershed Council (Volunteer)* (identifier MIDCOWATERSHED), has the name "At Rifle Gap" and has the identifier MIDCOWATERSHED-935. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010005.

This site is located in Garfield County County, Colorado at 39.6327000000 degrees latitude and -107.7354000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "MIDCOWATERSHED-935" 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, Non-metals 2016 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2016 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2016 - 2017
Physical 2015 - 2017
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier MIDCOWATERSHED
OrganizationFormalName Middle Colorado Watershed Council (Volunteer)*
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MIDCOWATERSHED-935
MonitoringLocationName At Rifle Gap
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText East Rifle Creek at Rifle Gap State Park. Park at the Visitor's Center, walk along path and sample under the bridge over East Rifle Creek.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010005
LatitudeMeasure 39.6327000000
LongitudeMeasure -107.7354000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET