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Fourmile Creek above Sunlight Mountain Resort (RFC-FC above Sunlight) 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 Roaring Fork Conservancy (Volunteer)* (identifier RFC), has the name "Fourmile Creek above Sunlight Mountain Resort" and has the identifier RFC-FC above Sunlight. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010004.

This site is located in Garfield County County, Colorado at 39.4039330000 degrees latitude and -107.3611830000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8575 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 "RFC-FC above Sunlight" 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*
Biological, Counts 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 RFC
OrganizationFormalName Roaring Fork Conservancy (Volunteer)*
MonitoringLocationIdentifier RFC-FC above Sunlight
MonitoringLocationName Fourmile Creek above Sunlight Mountain Resort
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Fourmile Creek above Sunlight Mountain Resort Ski Area just above FR 300
HUCEightDigitCode 14010004
LatitudeMeasure 39.4039330000
LongitudeMeasure -107.3611830000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA On)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8575
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET