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BOULDER CK BELOW BARKER DAM @ MILE MARKER 29 (21COL001_WQX-5580) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This river/stream site, maintained by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "BOULDER CK BELOW BARKER DAM @ MILE MARKER 29" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-5580. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190005.

This site is located in Boulder County County, Colorado at 39.9788770000 degrees latitude and -105.4557800000 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-5580" 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, Counts 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2012 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2012 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2013
Nutrient 2012 - 2013
Organics, Other 2013 - 2013
Physical 2012 - 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-5580
MonitoringLocationName BOULDER CK BELOW BARKER DAM @ MILE MARKER 29
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is at mile marker 29 along Boulder Creek below Barker Dam. It also 4 miles upstream of the confluence with N Boulder Creek.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190005
LatitudeMeasure 39.9788770000
LongitudeMeasure -105.4557800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET