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CHICKEN CK @ MANCOS (21COL001_WQX-9715) 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 "CHICKEN CK @ MANCOS" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-9715. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080107.

This site is located in Montezuma County County, Colorado at 37.3446670000 degrees latitude and -108.3136670000 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-9715" 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 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2010
Microbiological 2009 - 2010
Nutrient 2009 - 2010
Physical 2009 - 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-9715
MonitoringLocationName CHICKEN CK @ MANCOS
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText West of Mancos on buisness loop 160 crossing just South of Hwy 160. This site had been incorrectly identified as Mud Creek.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080107
LatitudeMeasure 37.3446670000
LongitudeMeasure -108.3136670000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET