Water Quality Assessment of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado , Nebraska, and Wyoming

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Table 5. Characteristics of selected surface - water - quality sites in the South Platte River Basin, water years 1980 -92 -- Continued Site no. (fig. 9) Site name Station number Latitude Longitude Drainage area (mil) Agency source of data Geology Strata Land use Significant WWTP discharges Type of data Lower Turkey 12 Creek near Bear TCL 39 38 27 105 09 34 51 DRCOG sedimentary built -up yes N Creek Reservoir, bedrock Colorado Turkey Creek above 13 Bear Creek conflu- 080003 39 38 58 105 08 39 52 COE sedimentary built -up yes N, P ence, Colorado bedrock Bear Creek at Bear 14 Creek Reservoir 08BCR1 39 39 14 10508 15 236 COE alluvium built -up no P release, Colorado Bear Creek at mouth 15 at Sheridan, 06711500 39 39 08 105 01 57 260 USGS alluvium urban no N Colorado 16 Cherry Creek Reser- voir inflow, Colorado 080005 39 37 30 104 50 00 360 COE alluvium built -up no N, P Cherry Creek Lake 17 release, Colorado 08CCR1 39 39 30 104 51 20 385 COE alluvium built -up no P Cherry Creek at 18 Denver, Colorado 06712990 39 09 03 10451 13 409 USGS alluvium urban yes N South Platte River at 19 Denver, Colorado 06714000 39 45 35 105 00 10 3,861 USGS alluvium urban yes N South Platte River 20 near 64th Avenue, 12070 39 48 43 104 57 30 3,880 MWRD alluvium urban yes N Denver, Colorado South Platte River at Denver Metro 21 Wastewater Plant, CO- 0026638 -1 39 48 50 104 58 00 -- USEPA alluvium urban yes P Colorado 22 Clear Creek at 06719505 39 45 11 105 14 05 400 USGS sedimentary built -up no N Golden, Colorado bedrock N w