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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001_WQX >  21COL001_WQX-CPW-087

MOUNTAIN HOME RESERVOIR (21COL001_WQX-CPW-087) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This reservoir site, maintained by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "MOUNTAIN HOME RESERVOIR" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-CPW-087. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 13010002. You can learn more about what is happening in this HUC at the EPA's Surf Your Watershed site or at the USGS Science In Your Watershed site.

This site is located in Costilla County County, Colorado at 37.3894480000 degrees latitude and -105.3847220000 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-CPW-087" 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 National Linked Data Index, part of the Open Water Data Initiative.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological 2014 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2013 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2013 - 2015
Nutrient 2013 - 2015
Physical 2013 - 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-CPW-087
MonitoringLocationName MOUNTAIN HOME RESERVOIR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText SOUTH BOAT RAMP
HUCEightDigitCode 13010002
LatitudeMeasure 37.3894480000
LongitudeMeasure -105.3847220000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 023
ProviderName STORET