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EAST CARRIZO CREEK AT CARRIZO PICNIC AREA (21COL001_WQX-7997A) 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 "EAST CARRIZO CREEK AT CARRIZO PICNIC AREA" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-7997A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11040001.

This site is located in Baca County County, Colorado at 37.1358560000 degrees latitude and -103.0167100000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. 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-7997A" 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 2004 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2015 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2016
Nutrient 2015 - 2016
Physical 2015 - 2016
Radiochemical 2015 - 2016
*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-7997A
MonitoringLocationName EAST CARRIZO CREEK AT CARRIZO PICNIC AREA
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText East Carrizo Creek at the Carrizo Picnic Area below the Everett Ranch. The turn off to the picnic area is on Baca County Road 3.
HUCEightDigitCode 11040001
LatitudeMeasure 37.1358560000
LongitudeMeasure -103.0167100000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 009
ProviderName STORET