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North Palmetto Gulch upstream of the Hough Mine Site (historic) and downstream of culvert on Engineer Pass Road (County Road 20) (LFVC-NPG-1) 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 Lake Fork Valley Conservancy (identifier LFVC), has the name "North Palmetto Gulch upstream of the Hough Mine Site (historic) and downstream of culvert on Engineer Pass Road (County Road 20)" and has the identifier LFVC-NPG-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 37.9727130000 degrees latitude and -107.5843370000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 12731 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-NPG-1" 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, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Physical 2013 - 2013
Radiochemical 2013 - 2013
*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-NPG-1
MonitoringLocationName North Palmetto Gulch upstream of the Hough Mine Site (historic) and downstream of culvert on Engineer Pass Road (County Road 20)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText North Palmetto Gulch upstream of the Hough Mine Site and downstream of culvert on Engineer Pass Road (County Road 20). Collect sample from culvert outflow. The channel is characteristic of small headwaters stream. Iron precipitates present in streambed.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020002
LatitudeMeasure 37.9727130000
LongitudeMeasure -107.5843370000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 12731
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET