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LAKE FORK AT COUNTY ROAD 11 (21COL001_WQX-7187A) 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 "LAKE FORK AT COUNTY ROAD 11" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-7187A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020001.

This site is located in Lake County County, Colorado at 39.2076800000 degrees latitude and -106.3613700000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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-7187A" 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 2006 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2020 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2020 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2020 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2020 - 2021
Nutrient 2020 - 2021
Organics, Other 2020 - 2021
Physical 2020 - 2021
Radiochemical 2020 - 2021
*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-7187A
MonitoringLocationName LAKE FORK AT COUNTY ROAD 11
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 11020001
LatitudeMeasure 39.2076800000
LongitudeMeasure -106.3613700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 065
ProviderName STORET