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WHITE RIVER BELOW MEEKER, CO (USGS-09304800) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Colorado Water Science Center (identifier USGS-CO), has the name "WHITE RIVER BELOW MEEKER, CO" and has the identifier USGS-09304800. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14050005. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 1042 sq mi.

This site is located in Rio Blanco County County, Colorado at 40.02258330000000 degrees latitude and -108.1199444000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 5900 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 20 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-09304800" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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, Algae, Phytoplankton 1975 - 2021
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1974 - 1980
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1974 - 1985
Biological, Counts 1975 - 1977
Biological, Fish 2000 - 2021
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1974 - 1980
Information 1975 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1974 - 2015
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1974 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1974 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1974 - 2023
Microbiological 1974 - 2023
Nutrient 1974 - 2023
Organics, Other 1974 - 2021
Organics, PCBs 1975 - 1981
Organics, Pesticide 1975 - 1981
Physical 1961 - 2023
Radiochemical 1974 - 2023
Sediment 1975 - 2023
*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 USGS-CO
OrganizationFormalName USGS Colorado Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-09304800
MonitoringLocationName WHITE RIVER BELOW MEEKER, CO
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 14050005
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 1042
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 40.02258330000000
LongitudeMeasure -108.1199444000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5900
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 103
ProviderName NWIS