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New WQX 3.0 profiles are available at waterqualitydata.us/beta/. These profiles will contain recent USGS data added since March 11, 2024, which marks the beginning of limited accessibility for USGS data. Read more about the 3.0 profiles and associated changes here. This user interface only serves WQX2.2 profiles, which do NOT contain USGS data added after March 11, 2024.

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Mancos River near Park Boundary, Mesa Verde NP (11NPSWRD_WQX-MEVE_L1_MRNPB) 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 "Mancos River near Park Boundary, Mesa Verde NP" and has the identifier 11NPSWRD_WQX-MEVE_L1_MRNPB. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080107.

This site is located in Montezuma County County, Colorado at 37.2800000000 degrees latitude and -108.3625000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6440 ft No vertical 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-MEVE_L1_MRNPB" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2005 - 2005
Organics, Other 2005 - 2005
Physical 2005 - 2005
Radiochemical 2005 - 2005
*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-MEVE_L1_MRNPB
MonitoringLocationName Mancos River near Park Boundary, Mesa Verde NP
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The Mancos River is the only perennial stream in Mesa Verde National Park, flowing along the east boundary of the park from north to south for 4.68 miles. Water samples were collected from the Mancos River about 500 feet upstream of the NPS gaging station. Prior to recent catastrophic wildfires at Mesa Verde the Mancos River supported an intact native fish population (blue head sucker, flannelmouthed sucker, speckled dace, and roundtail chub). Since the fires, the fish have all but disappeared. The river supports an important and functional riparian zone providing wildlife habitat, food chain support, streambank stability and flood attenuation. Agricultural and industrial activities occur currently or have occurred historically in the Mancos River watershed.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080107
LatitudeMeasure 37.2800000000
LongitudeMeasure -108.3625000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6440
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET