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APISHAPA RIVER NEAR FOWLER (21COL001-7701) 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 "APISHAPA RIVER NEAR FOWLER" and has the identifier 21COL001-7701. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020007.

This site is located in Otero County County, Colorado at 38.0908666 degrees latitude and -103.9816499 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4341 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 "21COL001-7701" 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 1993 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1993 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 2006
Microbiological 1993 - 2006
Nutrient 1993 - 2006
Physical 1993 - 2006
Radiochemical 1998 - 2006
*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 21COL001-7701
MonitoringLocationName APISHAPA RIVER NEAR FOWLER
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site is at original RPS-000012, Apishapa River at USGS station #07119500 on County Hwy bridge 3.5 miles southeast of Fowler, located on a site 5.4 miles upstream from mouth, Otero County.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020007
LatitudeMeasure 38.0908666
LongitudeMeasure -103.9816499
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4341
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET