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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001 >  21COL001-000032

LEFT HAND CREEK NEAR NIWOT (21COL001-000032) 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 Dept. of Public Health & Environment (identifier 21COL001), has the name "LEFT HAND CREEK NEAR NIWOT" and has the identifier 21COL001-000032. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190005.

This site is located in Boulder County County, Colorado at 40.1166667 degrees latitude and -105.1666667 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "21COL001-000032" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1970 - 1982
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1970 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1970 - 1982
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1970 - 1982
Microbiological 1969 - 1982
Not Assigned 1970 - 1977
Nutrient 1970 - 1982
Organics, Other 1970 - 1982
Physical 1901 - 1982
Radiochemical 1970 - 1982
*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 21COL001
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001-000032
MonitoringLocationName LEFT HAND CREEK NEAR NIWOT
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10190005
LatitudeMeasure 40.1166667
LongitudeMeasure -105.1666667
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 013
ProviderName STORET