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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  RFC >  RFC-CR at placita

Crystal River near Hwy 133 at placita (RFC-CR at placita) 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 Roaring Fork Conservancy (Volunteer)* (identifier RFC), has the name "Crystal River near Hwy 133 at placita" and has the identifier RFC-CR at placita. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010004.

This site is located in Pitkin County County, Colorado at 39.1252220000 degrees latitude and -107.2686250000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7455 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 "RFC-CR at placita" 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*
Biological, Counts 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 RFC
OrganizationFormalName Roaring Fork Conservancy (Volunteer)*
MonitoringLocationIdentifier RFC-CR at placita
MonitoringLocationName Crystal River near Hwy 133 at placita
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Crystal river 4 miles south of Redstone near Hwy 133 at placita
HUCEightDigitCode 14010004
LatitudeMeasure 39.1252220000
LongitudeMeasure -107.2686250000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA On)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7455
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 097
ProviderName STORET