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Colorado River at Potash Boat Ramp (11NPSWRD_WQX-CANY_3P_4956290) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Colorado River at Potash Boat Ramp" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CANY_3P_4956290. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14030005.

This site is located in Grand County County, Utah at 38.5055385874 degrees latitude and -109.6595616080 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "11NPSWRD_WQX-CANY_3P_4956290" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2010 - 2017
Not Assigned 2012 - 2017
Organics, Other 2010 - 2017
Organics, Pesticide 2010 - 2017
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2017 - 2017
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName National Park Service Water Resources Division
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CANY_3P_4956290
MonitoringLocationName Colorado River at Potash Boat Ramp
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Colorado River at Potash Boat Ramp, approximately 900 meters upstream of the Grand County-San Juan County boundary. Latitude and longitude coordinates were compiled from previous studies or topographic map interpolation. This station has an additional IDs and station names: USGS-NWIS Site No. 383021109393401, Colorado River at Potash Boat Ramp, UT; and Utah Dept. of Environmental Quality no. 4956290, Colorado River at Potash Boat Ramp.
HUCEightDigitCode 14030005
LatitudeMeasure 38.5055385874
LongitudeMeasure -109.6595616080
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET