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Big Thompson - Abv Dam Abv WWTP (CORIVWCH_WQX-677) 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 "Big Thompson - Abv Dam Abv WWTP" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-677. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190006.

This site is located in Larimer County County, Colorado at 40.3761695600 degrees latitude and -105.5210294000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7522 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-677" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1999
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 1999
Physical 1998 - 2000
*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-677
MonitoringLocationName Big Thompson - Abv Dam Abv WWTP
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From junction of US Hwys 34 & 36 in the town Estes Park, travel 1/4 mi west on 36 to Riverside Dr. Turn left, then left again into parking lot. Station is on south end of parking lot.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190006
LatitudeMeasure 40.3761695600
LongitudeMeasure -105.5210294000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7522
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 069
ProviderName STORET