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BEAR CREEK ABOVE STATE HWY 8 (21COL001_WQX-000122A) 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-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "BEAR CREEK ABOVE STATE HWY 8" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-000122A. 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 39.6526480000 degrees latitude and -105.1971900000 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_WQX-000122A" 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 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Radiochemical 2012 - 2012
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX-000122A
MonitoringLocationName BEAR CREEK ABOVE STATE HWY 8
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site is approximately 0.1 miles above State HWY 8 due south of the intersection of Red Rocks Park Road with State HWY 74. It is not the same location as site 000122, which is further upstream.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190002
LatitudeMeasure 39.6526480000
LongitudeMeasure -105.1971900000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET