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San Miguel Above Bear Creek Confluence (SMWC-SMWC_42_SMABC) 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 San Miguel Watershed Coalition (Volunteer)* (identifier SMWC), has the name "San Miguel Above Bear Creek Confluence" and has the identifier SMWC-SMWC_42_SMABC. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14030003.

This site is located in San Miguel County County, Colorado at 37.9348118500 degrees latitude and -107.7939687400 degrees longitude using the datum OTHER. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2695.40 m 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 "SMWC-SMWC_42_SMABC" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2015 - 2018
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2018 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2018
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2018 - 2018
Nutrient 2015 - 2015
Physical 2014 - 2018
Radiochemical 2018 - 2018
*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 SMWC
OrganizationFormalName San Miguel Watershed Coalition (Volunteer)*
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SMWC-SMWC_42_SMABC
MonitoringLocationName San Miguel Above Bear Creek Confluence
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText San Miguel Above Bear Creek Confluence
HUCEightDigitCode 14030003
LatitudeMeasure 37.9348118500
LongitudeMeasure -107.7939687400
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2695.40
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 113
ProviderName STORET