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S Platte - Above Marcy G (CORIVWCH_WQX-82) 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 "S Platte - Above Marcy G" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-82. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190002.

This site is located in Douglas County County, Colorado at 39.5656384400 degrees latitude and -105.0423292000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5370 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-82" 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*
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1991 - 1995
Physical 1991 - 1995
*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-82
MonitoringLocationName S Platte - Above Marcy G
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From intersection of US Hwy 85 (Santa Fe) & C-470 in city of Littleton, travel 1.2 mi north on 85 to Mineral Ave. Turn left, then right onto Platte River Dr; proceed to parking lot at end of road and walk west to Arapahoe Greenway Trail. Follow trail roughly 1.3 mi south to footbridge; station is just upstream from bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190002
LatitudeMeasure 39.5656384400
LongitudeMeasure -105.0423292000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5370
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET