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Cottonwood Creek near mouth, upstream of confluence with the Lake Fork River (LFVC-CTC-1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Lake Fork Valley Conservancy (identifier LFVC), has the name "Cottonwood Creek near mouth, upstream of confluence with the Lake Fork River" and has the identifier LFVC-CTC-1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020002.

This site is located in Hinsdale County County, Colorado at 37.8994510000 degrees latitude and -107.4264560000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 9589 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 "LFVC-CTC-1" 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.

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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, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Radiochemical 2012 - 2012
*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 LFVC
OrganizationFormalName Lake Fork Valley Conservancy
MonitoringLocationIdentifier LFVC-CTC-1
MonitoringLocationName Cottonwood Creek near mouth, upstream of confluence with the Lake Fork River
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Cottonwood Creek near mouth, upstream of confluence with the Lake Fork River. Drive about 7.8 miles from LSC to Sherman access road; Turn left to Sherman. Sample 300 feet below water diversion.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020002
LatitudeMeasure 37.8994510000
LongitudeMeasure -107.4264560000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 9589
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET