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DOLORES RIVER NEAR TOWN OF DOLORES (21COL001-000080) 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 Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (identifier 21COL001), has the name "DOLORES RIVER NEAR TOWN OF DOLORES" and has the identifier 21COL001-000080. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14030002.

This site is located in Montezuma County County, Colorado at 37.4711111 degrees latitude and -108.5041667 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21COL001-000080" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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 1969 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1969 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1969 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1969 - 1989
Microbiological 1969 - 1993
Not Assigned 1969 - 1977
Nutrient 1969 - 1993
Organics, Other 1969 - 1983
Physical 1901 - 1993
Radiochemical 1969 - 1983
*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 21COL001
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001-000080
MonitoringLocationName DOLORES RIVER NEAR TOWN OF DOLORES
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 14030002
LatitudeMeasure 37.4711111
LongitudeMeasure -108.5041667
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET