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RIO BLANCO R BLW RIO BLANCO DIVERSION DAM @ USGS GAGE (21COL001-9863) 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 BLANCO R BLW RIO BLANCO DIVERSION DAM @ USGS GAGE" and has the identifier 21COL001-9863. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080101.

This site is located in Archuleta County County, Colorado at 37.2035333 degrees latitude and -106.8116983 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7067 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 "21COL001-9863" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2004 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2004 - 2005
Microbiological 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 2004 - 2005
Physical 2004 - 2005
Radiochemical 2004 - 2005
*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 21COL001-9863
MonitoringLocationName RIO BLANCO R BLW RIO BLANCO DIVERSION DAM @ USGS GAGE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Pagosa Springs, take Hwy 84 south 8.1 miles to Rd. 326. Turn Left and follow 8.4 miles. Turn Right on Blue Mountain Place Rd. and follow 0.5 miles. Turn right on Nofishum Place, cross over Rio Blanco and go through gate. USGS gage is 0.7 miles from Blue Mt Place/Nofishum interesection. Sample about 30 yards downstream of gage.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080101
LatitudeMeasure 37.2035333
LongitudeMeasure -106.8116983
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7067
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET