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<br />DESCRIPTION OF IIASIC FIXlm srn:s <br /> <br />N <br />t'" <br />0"1 <br />C.. <br /> <br />The NA\VQi\ program refers [olhc network of surfacc- <br />water-quality sampling sites thaI describe curren! water-quality <br />conditions as basic fixed sites. Water-quality conditions arc <br />measured <lIthe basic lixcd sites for a minimulll two-year <br />period. <br /> <br />The N,\\VQ;\ basic-fixed-site Iletwork consists of <br />integrator and indicatOJ' sill'S. Integrator basic fixed sites <br />repn.:scllt lar~c \ubhasins in the study unit, The water-quality <br />char;\CICristics al these sill'S arc integrators of lllallY Jand uses <br />and waler-quality.' impach (example, Gunnison River near <br />CJrand JUllctioll L <br /> <br />Indicator hasic fixed sill'S represent selected land uses and <br />wOller-quality imp<lcls. Indicahlr sites rcpn:st>1ll each or the <br />major CIlVinllllllL'lltal settings ()r water-quality issues of a study <br />unit \c\.ullpk, East River hdow Ccment ('rcek). Special types <br />(If indicator sites arc n::fcrclILT sites that represcnt smaller basins <br />minil1lally impacted hy I:md lIse. Rcfcrcnu: sill'S are in rela- <br />lively lllHlislllrhcd areas and represent hackground conditiolls <br />(cx<llllplc. ('(llora(\() River below Hak~r Gtllch). <br /> <br /> <br />COLORADO PLATEAU <br /> <br />1~~~..._If.V' _~. <br /> <br />t~A_~ ~~ ~;_ c._. -~ '-.7 <br />), 11 13 2 <br />1 <br />.~'-' <br />'39'-', ,/ <br />J .;ft ;1--- <br />T ~,. <br />'( ,')"~ <br />t ';t '"'~ ~';i <br />\; ,."t. '12 ' <br />~. [~ <br /> <br />EXI'L,\NATI().'\' <br />- Ba~ill BOllIHbry <br />9 !i:ISIC Fixell Silt ,lIld Numhcr <br />ISctlahle helow) <br /> <br />~OMILES <br />I <br /> <br />'" <br />I <br />I I <br /><'0 ~o KILOMeTERS <br /> <br />Upper Colorado River study unit basic-fixed-site network <br /> <br /> U.S. Geological Minimum <br /> Drainage area basin Maximum basin <br />Site name and number on map Survey site Site type (square miles) elevation elevation <br /> identifier (feel) (feet) <br />C()I{)rallll Rivcr 1ll';lr (\ll\lwdo-ljlah ()()I(d500 Main-stem 17.H4:< 4.325 14.270 <br />Sta1l' lilll' (II integrafor <br />Colorado Riv('r llt'ar ('"meo (2) ()9095500 Main~stclll H,050 4,H13 14,270 <br /> iTHcgrator <br />Coltmtdo Ri\'t,l' ill [)ohno (3) (}1j()7()500 Main-:-.tcm 4394 6,150 14.270 <br /> integr;:ltor <br />(;ullni:-llll River Ile;jl" (;raml.lulll'tilll1 (4\ II') 15251111 Main-stem 7,'>2R 4.628 14.265 <br /> integrator <br />GUlllll'i\\n River hclow (illnllisoll Tunllel (5) 09 I 2HO()() i'vlain-s.lcln J,965 6.526 14.265 <br /> illtcgralor <br />(iUlllli.'itlll RIV('r al Count)' Road 32 (61 lH:< 103 11165942011 Main-stem 2,128 7.5711 14.265 <br /> Illtcgralor <br />l:a~1 Rl\.l'l' bl'low (\:llk'111 Creck (7) 091 J22nn Indica!()r 2:iX X,1I116 [4,265 <br />Gore Crcck <II lI1oull1ncar ]\lillturn (8l 09066510 Indicator 102 7.7:<0 15,,157 <br />l 'ncllmpahgrc RivCI Ileal' Ridgway (9~ 09 I 4(l20(j Indicator 14tJ 6,H7H 14.150 <br />frellch Ciulch lIe,H' Ihl'ckL'llridgl' (10) 1190465311 Indicator II 9.485 13.679 <br />Rc~'d \\'a:-.b !lear \lad ( III or) t 5J2lJO Indica\(lI' 16 4.505 4,990 <br />Dry Crl'ck near Ikgunia RO:HI (12) 1191494811 Indicator 175 5.215 9.680 <br />l>r) F(wk al upper SI<I(i{lIl Ilcar IkBC'lllt: ( I.~ l ()q()9531}1) Rderellce 97 5..185 8.658 <br />Clllorado Rivcr below Baker Gukh (14) I)l)OI0500 Reference 53 8.750 12.940 <br />