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BEAR CREEK RESRVR, EAST OF MORRISON, MID NR DAM (21COL001-BCR32) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (identifier 21COL001), has the name "BEAR CREEK RESRVR, EAST OF MORRISON, MID NR DAM" and has the identifier 21COL001-BCR32. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190002.

This site is located in Jefferson County County, Colorado at 39.6513300 degrees latitude and -105.1400100 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1707 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-BCR32" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Biological 1988 - 1990
Information 1988 - 1990
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1989 - 1990
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1990 - 1990
Microbiological 1988 - 1989
Nutrient 1988 - 1990
Physical 1988 - 1990
*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-BCR32
MonitoringLocationName BEAR CREEK RESRVR, EAST OF MORRISON, MID NR DAM
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From legacy Storet station descriptive paragraph: Station is located in middle of lake, 100m out from dam on line with creek inlet and Mount Carbon peak (hilltop). WQCD Index site 32. T4S R69W, SE1/4 of SW1/4 of Sec32. The coordinates were updated in 2008 to place the site on the lake and to convert to the NAD83 datum. The new location was estimated based on the legacy site description.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190002
LatitudeMeasure 39.6513300
LongitudeMeasure -105.1400100
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation - Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1707
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET