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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  UTEMTN >  UTEMTN-NAVAJO SPRING

spring south of Towaoc, founding spot of Ute Mtn agency (UTEMTN-NAVAJO SPRING) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This spring site, maintained by the Ute Mountain Utes Tribe (Colorado) (identifier UTEMTN), has the name "spring south of Towaoc, founding spot of Ute Mtn agency" and has the identifier UTEMTN-NAVAJO SPRING. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080107.

This site is located in Montezuma County County, Colorado at 37.1641730000 degrees latitude and -108.7121600000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5461 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 "UTEMTN-NAVAJO SPRING" 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 2001 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2001 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2001 - 2016
Microbiological 2001 - 2016
Nutrient 2001 - 2016
Physical 2001 - 2016
Radiochemical 2016 - 2016
*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-NAVAJO SPRING
MonitoringLocationName spring south of Towaoc, founding spot of Ute Mtn agency
MonitoringLocationTypeName Spring
HUCEightDigitCode 14080107
LatitudeMeasure 37.1641730000
LongitudeMeasure -108.7121600000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Carrier Phase Static Relative Position
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5461
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 083
ProviderName STORET