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FOUNTAIN CK. @ CONFLUENCE W/ ARKANSAS R. (21COL001_WQX-7390) 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 "FOUNTAIN CK. @ CONFLUENCE W/ ARKANSAS R." and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-7390. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020002.

This site is located in Pueblo County County, Colorado at 38.2536830000 degrees latitude and -104.5894330000 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-7390" 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*
Biological, Counts 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2014
Microbiological 2007 - 2011
Nutrient 2007 - 2014
Physical 2007 - 2014
Radiochemical 2008 - 2014
*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-7390
MonitoringLocationName FOUNTAIN CK. @ CONFLUENCE W/ ARKANSAS R.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Take Fourth Street to Joplin Rd. take a right and follow it approx. 2 miles. Just after a parking area on the right and a pedestrian bridge, take a right at a small dirt track that goes right to the confluence. 4wd recommended.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020002
LatitudeMeasure 38.2536830000
LongitudeMeasure -104.5894330000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 101
ProviderName STORET