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BLUE R. NR MOUTH @ CTY ROAD 1 (TROUGH RD) (21COL001_WQX-12300) 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 "BLUE R. NR MOUTH @ CTY ROAD 1 (TROUGH RD)" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-12300. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010002.

This site is located in Grand County County, Colorado at 40.0288300000 degrees latitude and -106.3869200000 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-12300" 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 2015 - 2017
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2017
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2017
Nutrient 2015 - 2017
Physical 2015 - 2017
Radiochemical 2015 - 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-12300
MonitoringLocationName BLUE R. NR MOUTH @ CTY ROAD 1 (TROUGH RD)
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is south of Kremmling on State Hwy 9 and about 1 mile west on County Road 1. It is the new ID for historical site 000099.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010002
LatitudeMeasure 40.0288300000
LongitudeMeasure -106.3869200000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET