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SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW CHEESMAN LAKE, CO (USGS-06701500) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Colorado Water Science Center (identifier USGS-CO), has the name "SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW CHEESMAN LAKE, CO" and has the identifier USGS-06701500. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190002. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 1752 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 1740.1 sq mi.

This site is located in Jefferson County County, Colorado at 39.20915718000000 degrees latitude and -105.2677725000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 6609.29 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Unknown." is 15 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-06701500" 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*
Physical 1978 - 1987
*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 USGS-CO
OrganizationFormalName USGS Colorado Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-06701500
MonitoringLocationName SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BELOW CHEESMAN LAKE, CO
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10190002
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1752
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1740.1
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 39.20915718000000
LongitudeMeasure -105.2677725000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6609.29
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 15
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Unknown.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 059
ProviderName NWIS