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BIG DRY CR NR FT. LUPTON AT USGS GAGE (21COL001_WQX-5221) 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 "BIG DRY CR NR FT. LUPTON AT USGS GAGE" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-5221. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190003.

This site is located in Weld County County, Colorado at 40.0688333300 degrees latitude and -104.8319861000 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-5221" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2010 - 2010
Information 2010 - 2010
*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-5221
MonitoringLocationName BIG DRY CR NR FT. LUPTON AT USGS GAGE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText 21COL001 (Legacy) Coordinates of 40.0441 667 -104.824 for 5221 changed to those of USGS Gage 06720990 for the samples in FY 98 and FY99 by ALS on Oct 25 2016
HUCEightDigitCode 10190003
LatitudeMeasure 40.0688333300
LongitudeMeasure -104.8319861000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 123
ProviderName STORET