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Parachute Creek at Parachute, Co. - 09093500

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1979-12-20 1981-09-23
Information Water-quality 1974-11-21 2023-06-11
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-11-21 1982-10-13
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-11-21 2023-06-11
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1975-02-27 1982-10-13
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-11-21 1982-10-13
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-11-21 2023-06-11
Organics, other Water-quality 1979-10-05 1982-10-13
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1921-04-01 2025-03-12
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-05-20 1981-05-20
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1974-10-01 1982-09-29
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2023-06-11 2023-06-11
n/a Peak Measurements 1921-05-17 2023-10-11
n/a Site Visits 2021-04-21 2024-11-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2021-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 09093500 is associated with a Stream in Garfield County, Colorado. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1921 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 5,102.78 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 5,102.78 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
09093500 n/a
Site name
PARACHUTE CREEK AT PARACHUTE, CO. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392712.4 n/a
DMS longitude 1080338.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.45344444 n/a
Decimal longitude -108.0606944 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 10 sec. T
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Colorado 08
State
Colorado 08
County
Garfield County 045
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENWS12 T07S R96W 6 n/a
Name of location map PARACHUTE, CO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 5102.78 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Colorado Headwaters-Plateau 14010005
Drainage basin
09 n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
198 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
Data have been checked by the reporting agency. C
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