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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001_WQX >  21COL001_WQX-10661A

RIDGWAY RESERVOIR NR DAM UPPER (21COL001_WQX-10661A) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This reservoir site, maintained by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "RIDGWAY RESERVOIR NR DAM UPPER" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-10661A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14020006.

This site is located in Ouray County County, Colorado at 38.2348800000 degrees latitude and -107.7552700000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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_WQX-10661A" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1994 - 2023
Information 1994 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2018 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2004 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1994 - 2023
Microbiological 2005 - 2005
Nutrient 1994 - 2023
Organics, Other 2023 - 2023
Physical 1994 - 2023
Radiochemical 2004 - 2023
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX-10661A
MonitoringLocationName RIDGWAY RESERVOIR NR DAM UPPER
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Near dam about 1/4 of distance from east to west
HUCEightDigitCode 14020006
LatitudeMeasure 38.2348800000
LongitudeMeasure -107.7552700000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 091
ProviderName STORET