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ELKHEAD CREEK AT COUNTY RD 76 (21COL001_WQX-12843) 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 "ELKHEAD CREEK AT COUNTY RD 76" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-12843. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14050001.

This site is located in Routt County County, Colorado at 40.5918100000 degrees latitude and -107.3205700000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-12843" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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 2008 - 2008
Biological, Counts 2008 - 2008
Information 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2012 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2008 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2013
Nutrient 2008 - 2013
Physical 2008 - 2013
Radiochemical 2012 - 2013
*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-12843
MonitoringLocationName ELKHEAD CREEK AT COUNTY RD 76
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText At County Rd 76 Crossing Above Bridge. It is above Elkhead Reservoir.
HUCEightDigitCode 14050001
LatitudeMeasure 40.5918100000
LongitudeMeasure -107.3205700000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 107
ProviderName STORET