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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001 >  21COL001-11195

EAST ELK CREEK NORTH OF NEWCASTLE @ GRAY EAGLE RANCH (21COL001-11195) 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 "EAST ELK CREEK NORTH OF NEWCASTLE @ GRAY EAGLE RANCH" and has the identifier 21COL001-11195. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010005.

This site is located in Garfield County County, Colorado at 39.6425000 degrees latitude and -107.5327778 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6192 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 "21COL001-11195" 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, Non-metals 1995 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 1996
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1995 - 1996
Microbiological 1995 - 1996
Nutrient 1995 - 1996
Physical 1995 - 1996
*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 21COL001-11195
MonitoringLocationName EAST ELK CREEK NORTH OF NEWCASTLE @ GRAY EAGLE RANCH
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText North of Newcastle on 241 to the Grey Eagle Ranch upstream side of bridge on the Ranch Rd.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010005
LatitudeMeasure 39.6425000
LongitudeMeasure -107.5327778
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6192
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET