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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001 >  21COL001-8505

SAN LUIS CREEK AT GG RD (21COL001-8505) 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 "SAN LUIS CREEK AT GG RD" and has the identifier 21COL001-8505. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010003.

This site is located in Saguache County County, Colorado at 38.1875000 degrees latitude and -105.8913889 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7700 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 "21COL001-8505" 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

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 1992 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1992 - 2001
Microbiological 1992 - 2001
Not Assigned 1999 - 1999
Nutrient 1992 - 2001
Physical 1992 - 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 21COL001-8505
MonitoringLocationName SAN LUIS CREEK AT GG RD
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This site is where GG Rd. crosses San Luis Creek, northeast of Mineral Hot Springs. It was known as San Luis Creek near Villa Grove in Legacy Storet.
HUCEightDigitCode 13010003
LatitudeMeasure 38.1875000
LongitudeMeasure -105.8913889
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation - Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7700
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 109
ProviderName STORET