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Colorado - Watson (CORIVWCH_WQX-560) 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 "Colorado - Watson" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-560. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010005.

This site is located in Mesa County County, Colorado at 39.0545000000 degrees latitude and -108.5649000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4560 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-560" 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 2003 - 2023
Information 2003 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2003
Not Assigned 2003 - 2024
Nutrient 2001 - 2003
Physical 1995 - 2024
Physical, Habitat 2003 - 2024
*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-560
MonitoringLocationName Colorado - Watson
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From US Hwy 6 in the town of Grand Junction, turn south on 7th St and proceed to end of road. Turn right on Struthers Ave and park in dirt lot by bridge. ***This is an estimated location based on desc's from teacher.***
HUCEightDigitCode 14010005
LatitudeMeasure 39.0545000000
LongitudeMeasure -108.5649000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4560
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 077
ProviderName STORET