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RITO BLANCO @ HWY 84 (21COL001_WQX-9860) 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 "RITO BLANCO @ HWY 84" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-9860. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080101.

This site is located in Archuleta County County, Colorado at 37.1611600000 degrees latitude and -106.9483300000 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-9860" 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, Algae, Phytoplankton 2014 - 2014
Biological, Counts 2014 - 2014
Information 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2015
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2015
Microbiological 2009 - 2010
Nutrient 2009 - 2015
Physical 2009 - 2019
Radiochemical 2014 - 2015
*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-9860
MonitoringLocationName RITO BLANCO @ HWY 84
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Pagosa Springs, take Hwy 84 south to 335 Rd. Take a right and collect sample just above bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080101
LatitudeMeasure 37.1611600000
LongitudeMeasure -106.9483300000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET