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Blue Mesa Reservoir above Soap Creek near Sapinero, CO (11NPSWRD_WQX-CURE_3P_BLMESC) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the National Park Service Water Resources Division (identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX), has the name "Blue Mesa Reservoir above Soap Creek near Sapinero, CO" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-CURE_3P_BLMESC. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020002.

This site is located in Gunnison County County, Colorado at 38.4752699400 degrees latitude and -107.2911664100 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-CURE_3P_BLMESC" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 2017 - 2017
Not Assigned 2017 - 2017
Organics, Other 2017 - 2017
Organics, Pesticide 2017 - 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-CURE_3P_BLMESC
MonitoringLocationName Blue Mesa Reservoir above Soap Creek near Sapinero, CO
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText This station is at Blue Mesa Reservoir above Soap Creek near Sapinero, CO. This site is approximately 700 meters east of Lake Fork Ramp, in the Sapinero basin of the reservoir. Latitude and longitude coordinates were compiled from previous studies or topographic map interpolation. This station has an additional ID from USGS-NWIS of 382831107172600 with the station name of Blue Mesa Reservoir abv Soap Cr near Sapinero, CO.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020002
LatitudeMeasure 38.4752699400
LongitudeMeasure -107.2911664100
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 051
ProviderName STORET