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Data Collection and Analysis 3
<br />Table 1. Characteristics of selected streamwater-quality sites in the Fraser River Basin.
<br />[USGS, U.S. Geological Survey]
<br />Site Site USGS station Period of Elevation,
<br />number name identification record in in feet above
<br />(fig. 1) number water years' sea level
<br /> Fraser River
<br />1 Fraser River at Upper Station, near Winter Park, CO 09022000 1994- 2000 9,520
<br />2 Fraser River below Buck Creek at Winter Park, CO 09023750 1991- 2000 9,020
<br />3 Fraser River below Vasquez Creek at Winter Park, CO 09025010 1991- 2000 8,710
<br />4 Fraser River at Tabernash, CO 09027100 1991- 2000 8,350
<br />5 Fraser River below Crooked Creek at Tabernash, CO 09033300 1991- 1994 8,270
<br /> 1999- 2000
<br />6 Fraser River at Highway 40 at Granby, CO 400453105554200 2000 7,920
<br />Crooked and Pole Creeks
<br />7 Crooked Creek below Tipperary Creek near Tabernash, CO 395634105532401 1997-2000 8,690
<br />8 Crooked Creek above Pole Creek at Tabernash, CO 395927105505700 2000 8,360
<br />9 Pole Creek at Upper Station near Tabernash, CO 395901105550800 1997-2000 8,640
<br />10 Pole Creek at mouth near Tabernash, CO 395930105510700 1997-2000 8,320
<br />Ranch and Hurd Creeks
<br />11 Ranch Creek near Fraser, CO 09032000 1997-2000 8,660
<br />12 Hurd Creek below Trail Creek near Tabernash, CO 395947105481000 1999-2000 8,860
<br />13 Ranch Creek below Meadow Creek near Tabernash, CO 09033100 1997-2000 8,350
<br />'A water year is the 12-month period from October 1 until September 30 of the named year.
<br />Table 2. Summary of median values of field-determined constituents at 13 sites in the Fraser River Basin, 1991-2000.
<br />[ft3/s, cubic feet per second; mg/L, milligrams per liter; cols/100ml, colonies per 100 milliliters; µS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius;
<br /><1, not detected; --, no data]
<br />Site
<br />number
<br />(fig. 1) Site
<br />name Discharge
<br />MIS) pH Dissolved
<br />oxygen
<br />(mg/L) Fecal
<br />coliform
<br />bacteria
<br />(cols/100ml) Specific
<br />conductance
<br />(PS/cm)
<br />1 Fraser River at Upper Station, near Winter Park, CO 6.2 8.1 10.0 - 84
<br />2 Fraser River below Buck Creek at Winter Park, CO 7.6 8.0 9.9 - 91
<br />3 Fraser River below Vasquez Creek at Winter Park, CO 19 7.9 10.0 -- 78
<br />4 Fraser River at Tabernash, CO 28 8.0 9.9 - 97
<br />5 Fraser River below Crooked Creek at Tabernash, CO 48 8.2 9.8 17 119
<br />6 Fraser River at Highway 40 at Granby, CO 47 8.1 10.3 <1 120
<br />7 Crooked Creek below Tipperary Creek near Tabernash, CO 2.2 8.1 9.8 <1 174
<br />8 Crooked Creek above Pole Creek at Tabernash, CO 4.3 8.1 10.1 5 218
<br />9 Pole Creek at Upper Station near Tabernash, CO 0.9 8.0 9.2 3 125
<br />10 Pole Creek at mouth near Tabernash, CO 2.3 8.1 9.6 <1 274
<br />11 Ranch Creek near Fraser, CO 4.2 8.0 10.4 <1 48
<br />12 Hurd Creek below Trail Creek near Tabernash, CO 3.4 7.8 10.5 <1 43
<br />13 Ranch Creek below Meadow Creek near Tabernash, CO 14.2 8.0 9.8 2 76
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