ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN

07103707 FOUNTAIN CREEK AT 8th STREET AT COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

LOCATION.--Lat 38°49'46", long 104°50'21", in NW14SE14 sec.13, T.14 S., R.67 W., El Paso County, Hydrologic Unit 11020003, 270 ft downstream from 8th Street at Colorado Springs, and 0.4 mi upstream from Monument Creek.

DRAINAGE AREA.--119 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1981 to January 1982. March 1998 to current year. For a complete listing of historical data available for this site, see http://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/inventory/?site_no=07103707

WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Date	Time	Instan- taneous dis- charge, cfs (00061)	Dis- solved oxygen, mg/L (00300)	pH, water, unfltrd field, std units (00400)	Specif. conduc- tance, wat unf uS/cm 25 degC (00095)	Temper- ature, water, deg C (00010)	Calcium water, fltrd, mg/L (00915)	Magnes- ium, water, fltrd, mg/L (00925)	Fluor- ide, water, fltrd, mg/L (00950)	Sulfate water, fltrd, mg/L (00945)	Ammonia water, fltrd, mg/L as N (00608)	Nitrite + nitrate water fltrd, mg/L as N (00631)	Ortho- phos- phate, water, fltrd, mg/L as P (00671)
NOV
07...	1105	0.99	9.4	7.9	1,960	6.0	153	92.6	4.30	750	0.340	0.952	<0.02
DEC
05...	1010	0.72	10.8	8.0	1,530	3.5	135	66.1	3.40	530	0.088	1.24	E.01
FEB
13...	1130	0.66	9.8	8.1	1,340	6.0	99	49	3.2	422	0.097	1.16	<0.02
APR
28...	1310	3.0	7.7	8.2	839	17.0	75	25	2.98	205	0.033	0.723	<0.02
JUL
24...	1545	0.31	5.7	7.7	2,200	27.0	163	89.3	4.25	878	0.102	1.07	<0.02

WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Date	Phos- phorus, water, unfltrd mg/L (00665)	BOD, water, unfltrd 5 day, 20 degC mg/L (00310)	E coli, modif. m-TEC, water, col/ 100 mL (90902)	E coli, m-TEC MF, water, col/ 100 mL (31633)	Fecal coli- form, M-FC 0.7u MF col/ 100 mL (31625)	Arsenic water, fltrd, ug/L (01000)	Arsenic water unfltrd ug/L (01002)	Boron, water, fltrd, ug/L (01020)	Boron, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01022)	Cadmium water, fltrd, ug/L (01025)	Cadmium water, unfltrd ug/L (01027)	Chrom- ium, water, fltrd, ug/L (01030)	Chrom- ium, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01034)
NOV
07...	0.047	<2.0	--	1,600	1,600	2.6	4.6	217	213	3.0	4.4	1.7	<1.0
DEC
05...	0.118	<2.0	--	E110	E120	2.8	6.0	187	175	3.6	4.5	2.7	3.3
FEB
13...	0.246	--	--	E2400	E1900	1.70	6	149	156	3.77	4.78	<0.8	2.7
APR
28...	0.532	--	E140	--	E130	--	18	102	112	--	--	--	--
JUL
24...	<0.040	--	840	--	1,600	--	3	261	289	--	--	--	--

WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Date	Copper, water, fltrd, ug/L (01040)	Copper, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01042)	Cyanide water unfltrd mg/L (00720)	Iron, water, fltrd, ug/L (01046)	Iron, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01045)	Lead, water, fltrd, ug/L (01049)	Lead, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01051)	Mangan- ese, water, fltrd, ug/L (01056)	Mangan- ese, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01055)	Mercury water, fltrd, ug/L (71890)	Mercury water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (71900)	Nickel, water, fltrd, ug/L (01065)	Nickel, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01067)
NOV
07...	4.9	10	0.18	10.0	974	0.29	7.0	5,350	5,420	<0.018	<0.018	15	16
DEC
05...	--	13	<0.01	<10.0	2,940	E.25	9.0	2,680	2,600	<0.018	E.011	8.0	9.2
FEB
13...	3.15	13.2	0.013	<10	5,810	<0.08	10.9	1,910	2,850	<0.018	0.022	8.01	13.6
APR
28...	2.04	26.4	--	--	--	--	50.3	337	622	--	--	--	11.8
JUL
24...	4.88	5.47	--	--	--	--	0.75	1,750	1,610	--	--	--	8.19

WATER-QUALITY DATA, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003

Date	Selen- ium, water, fltrd, ug/L (01145)	Selen- ium, water, unfltrd ug/L (01147)	Silver, water, fltrd, ug/L (01075)	Silver, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01077)	Zinc, water, fltrd, ug/L (01090)	Zinc, water, unfltrd recover -able, ug/L (01092)	Sus- pended sedi- ment concen- tration mg/L (80154)	Sus- pended sedi- ment load, tons/d (80155)
NOV
07...	9.4	9.7	0.05	0.08	1,750	1,870	33	0.09
DEC
05...	11	10	<0.04	0.06	927	973	104	0.20
FEB
13...	8.02	7.51	<0.20	E.09	831	1,170	205	0.37
APR
28...	7.39	6.82	--	--	26.9	394	397	3.2
JUL
24...	11.9	11.0	--	--	220	266	4	0.00
< -- Actual value is known to be less than the value shown. E -- Estimated laboratory analysis value.