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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001 >  21COL001-7165M

CHALK CREEK D/S MARY MURPHY MINE (21COL001-7165M) 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 Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (identifier 21COL001), has the name "CHALK CREEK D/S MARY MURPHY MINE" and has the identifier 21COL001-7165M. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020001.

This site is located in Chaffee County County, Colorado at 38.6959000 degrees latitude and -106.3510100 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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 "21COL001-7165M" 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, Non-metals 2004 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2006
Microbiological 2004 - 2006
Nutrient 2004 - 2006
Physical 2004 - 2006
Radiochemical 2004 - 2006
*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 21COL001
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001-7165M
MonitoringLocationName CHALK CREEK D/S MARY MURPHY MINE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText County Road 162 west to St.Elmo, right on Tincup Pass Road, over the bridge over Chalk Creek, left on County Road 294 to Dead End sign. Continue on CR 294 (Note: dead end but good access to site); from this sign to the site it is 0.4 mile.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020001
LatitudeMeasure 38.6959000
LongitudeMeasure -106.3510100
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 015
ProviderName STORET