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COLORADO R. BLW BOWEN GULCH IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK (21COL001_WQX-12107) 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 "COLORADO R. BLW BOWEN GULCH IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-12107. 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 40.3255770000 degrees latitude and -105.8565350000 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-12107" 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 2009 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2017
Microbiological 2007 - 2009
Nutrient 2007 - 2017
Physical 2007 - 2017
Radiochemical 2007 - 2017
*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-12107
MonitoringLocationName COLORADO R. BLW BOWEN GULCH IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText USGS GAGE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK U/S ONAHU CK , ROAD TO GAGE IS OPEN IN THE SUMMER ONLY.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010001
LatitudeMeasure 40.3255770000
LongitudeMeasure -105.8565350000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET