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East Mcelmo (UTEMTN-East Mcelmo) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream intermittent site, maintained by the Ute Mountain Utes Tribe (Colorado) (identifier UTEMTN), has the name "East Mcelmo" and has the identifier UTEMTN-East Mcelmo. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080202.

This site is located in Montezuma County County, Colorado at 37.2360100000 degrees latitude and -109.0418400000 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 "UTEMTN-East Mcelmo" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2013 - 2013
Organics, Other 2013 - 2013
Organics, Pesticide 2013 - 2013
Physical 2013 - 2013
*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 UTEMTN
OrganizationFormalName Ute Mountain Utes Tribe (Colorado)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UTEMTN-East Mcelmo
MonitoringLocationName East Mcelmo
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Intermittent
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText East Mcelmo is an intermittent stream will not be a regular sample location but will be useful to have in the online records for baseline data in that area of the reservation
HUCEightDigitCode 14080202
LatitudeMeasure 37.2360100000
LongitudeMeasure -109.0418400000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET