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Uncompahgre - Ridgway Town (CORIVWCH_WQX-402) 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 River Watch (Volunteer) (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Uncompahgre - Ridgway Town" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-402. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020006.

This site is located in Ouray County County, Colorado at 38.1571000000 degrees latitude and -107.7540000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6973 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "CORIVWCH_WQX-402" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Information 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2012 - 2025
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2013 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2025
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2025
Not Assigned 2020 - 2020
Nutrient 2013 - 2024
Physical 2012 - 2025
Physical, Habitat 2020 - 2020
*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 CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-402
MonitoringLocationName Uncompahgre - Ridgway Town
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From the intersection of Highways 550 and 62 in Ridgway, CO, travel about 0.3 mile west on Hwy 62 to Railroad St. Turn right (north) onto N. Railroad St and travel about 0.35 mile. Turn right into a gravel parking area. Procede to the far south end of the parking area. Sampling site is reached via a path angling southeast to the river; just upstream of a submerged log.
HUCEightDigitCode 14020006
LatitudeMeasure 38.1571000000
LongitudeMeasure -107.7540000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6973
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET