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LOWER BEAR CREEK (21COL001-BCLOW) 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 "LOWER BEAR CREEK" and has the identifier 21COL001-BCLOW. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190002.

This site is located in Jefferson County County, Colorado at 39.6511000 degrees latitude and -105.1646667 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 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-BCLOW" 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*
Microbiological 1988 - 1989
Nutrient 1988 - 1989
Physical 1988 - 1989
*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-BCLOW
MonitoringLocationName LOWER BEAR CREEK
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site location was interpolated based on the descriptive paragraphs in Legacy Storet. The sampling location was moved south from the legacy location (39 39' 10` 105 9' 53`) in order to place it on the stream. The location is around 200 feet downstream of the Rooney Gulch confluence.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190002
LatitudeMeasure 39.6511000
LongitudeMeasure -105.1646667
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation - Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET