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BEAR CREEK @ RD 480 (21COL001-5765) 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 "BEAR CREEK @ RD 480" and has the identifier 21COL001-5765. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190002.

This site is located in Clear Creek County County, Colorado at 39.6261833 degrees latitude and -105.4281000 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 "21COL001-5765" 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, Non-metals 2002 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2002 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2002 - 2008
Microbiological 2002 - 2008
Nutrient 2002 - 2008
Physical 2002 - 2008
Radiochemical 2003 - 2008
*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 21COL001-5765
MonitoringLocationName BEAR CREEK @ RD 480
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is below the confluence of Corral Creek. This creek has sometimes been misidentified as Vance Creek in the historical activity notes.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190002
LatitudeMeasure 39.6261833
LongitudeMeasure -105.4281000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET