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Poudre - Below Monroe (CORIVWCH_WQX-4091) 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 (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Poudre - Below Monroe" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-4091. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190007.

This site is located in Larimer County County, Colorado at 40.6944000000 degrees latitude and -105.2419000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5334 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-4091" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2006 - 2007
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2007
Nutrient 2006 - 2007
Physical 2006 - 2007
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-4091
MonitoringLocationName Poudre - Below Monroe
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Fort Collins go North on 14/287 to the Poudre Valley. Head West throught the Poudre Vally past the N. Fork of the Poudre confluence with the Poudre. Approx .5 mi past the conflunce lies the Monroe diversion on the North Side of the River (large concrete dam and diversion strcuture.) Sample location is approx 100meters below the diversion. A dirt pulloff is onthe north side of the road and is marked with 4 mailboxes (3 black-1 white). Sample location is at the River downhill from the pulloff.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190007
LatitudeMeasure 40.6944000000
LongitudeMeasure -105.2419000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5334
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 069
ProviderName STORET