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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001 >  21COL001-000134

RIO GRANDE RIVER NEAR CREEDE (21COL001-000134) 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 "RIO GRANDE RIVER NEAR CREEDE" and has the identifier 21COL001-000134. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010001.

This site is located in Mineral County County, Colorado at 37.8211111 degrees latitude and -106.9130556 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 "21COL001-000134" 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 1979 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1979 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1979 - 1992
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1979 - 1983
Microbiological 1979 - 1992
Nutrient 1979 - 1992
Organics, Other 1979 - 1992
Physical 1979 - 1992
Radiochemical 1979 - 1983
*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 21COL001-000134
MonitoringLocationName RIO GRANDE RIVER NEAR CREEDE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 13010001
LatitudeMeasure 37.8211111
LongitudeMeasure -106.9130556
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 079
ProviderName STORET