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WEST OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK (21COL001-GRANDLAKE1/3) 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 "WEST OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK" and has the identifier 21COL001-GRANDLAKE1/3. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010001.

This site is located in Grand County County, Colorado at 40.2447222 degrees latitude and -105.8255556 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8367 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-GRANDLAKE1/3" 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*
Biological 1992 - 1993
Information 1992 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1993 - 1993
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1993 - 1993
Microbiological 1993 - 1993
Nutrient 1992 - 1993
Physical 1992 - 1993
*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-GRANDLAKE1/3
MonitoringLocationName WEST OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 14010001
LatitudeMeasure 40.2447222
LongitudeMeasure -105.8255556
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8367
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET