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3 data types available - data from 2018-04-21 to 2026-08-23

Daily data

1 data types available - data from 2018-04-21 to 2026-08-21

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 2018-03-22 to 2026-08-04

Discrete sample data

41 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 2018-04-27 to 2023-09-21

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2 data types available - with data from 1970-01-01 to 2025-08-25

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1 data types available - data from 2018-04-21 to 2026-08-21

Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 6,475.81 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988, add 6,475.81 feet to gage height values.

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City of Colorado Springs

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	07103987	n/a
Location name	COTTONWOOD CK AT UNION BLVD, AT COLO SPRINGS, CO	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	38.930361	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-104.77615	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from digital map	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 5 sec.	F
District	Colorado	08
State	Colorado	08
County	El Paso County	041
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	6475.81 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.12 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Fountain	11020003
Drainage basin	07	n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	16.1 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	MST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	n/a
National aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer type		n/a
Well depth		n/a
Hole depth		n/a
Source of depth data		n/a

Monitoring location Cottonwood CK at Union Blvd, at Colo Springs, CO - USGS-07103987