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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1967-10-16 1968-09-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1967-10-16 1968-09-19
Nutrient Water-quality 1967-10-16 1968-09-19
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1967-01-01 1970-10-05
n/a Peak Measurements 1936-08-06 1970-08-07
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08229500 is associated with a Stream in Saguache County, Colorado. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08229500 n/a
Site name
COTTONWOOD CREEK NEAR CRESTONE, CO. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 375600 n/a
DMS longitude 1053842 n/a
Decimal latitude 37.933333 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.6455666 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Colorado 08
State
Colorado 08
County
Saguache County 109
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 8340.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 15 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
13010003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
6.77 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN 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
Project number n/a