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PARACHUTE CREEK BLW EAST, MIDDLE, AND WEST FORK CONFLUENCES (21COL001_WQX-11140) 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 "PARACHUTE CREEK BLW EAST, MIDDLE, AND WEST FORK CONFLUENCES" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-11140. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010005.

This site is located in Garfield County County, Colorado at 39.5704930000 degrees latitude and -108.1102480000 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-11140" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton 2006 - 2006
Biological, Counts 2006 - 2006
Information 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX-11140
MonitoringLocationName PARACHUTE CREEK BLW EAST, MIDDLE, AND WEST FORK CONFLUENCES
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Site located below Encana gated entrance at end of 215 Road and below the confluences of the East, Middle, and West Forks of Parachute Creek.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010005
LatitudeMeasure 39.5704930000
LongitudeMeasure -108.1102480000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET