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Steel Fork Cr - Gray Ranch (CORIVWCH_WQX-5062) 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 River Watch (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Steel Fork Cr - Gray Ranch" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-5062. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020008.

This site is located in Lincoln County County, Colorado at 38.7372283400 degrees latitude and -103.9110629000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5307 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 "CORIVWCH_WQX-5062" 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 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2009
*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 CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-5062
MonitoringLocationName Steel Fork Cr - Gray Ranch
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Private Property permission required, fro Hwy 94 E after Rush, CO turn right onto CR11, go about 8 mi, turn right on CR5 continue to Gray Ranch HQ. Site is blw Sanborn Res, continue on Ranch rds, near res are 2 gates, one leads over damn other to left goes blw damn, enter left gate to site
HUCEightDigitCode 11020008
LatitudeMeasure 38.7372283400
LongitudeMeasure -103.9110629000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5307
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 073
ProviderName STORET