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FALL RIVER AT MOUTH NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS (21COL001_WQX-5674) 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-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "FALL RIVER AT MOUTH NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-5674. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190004.

This site is located in Clear Creek County County, Colorado at 39.7553700000 degrees latitude and -105.5565700000 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-5674" 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, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 2013 - 2013
Biological, Counts 2013 - 2013
Information 2013 - 2013
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2011 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2014
Microbiological 2007 - 2008
Nutrient 2007 - 2014
Physical 2007 - 2014
Radiochemical 2013 - 2014
*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-5674
MonitoringLocationName FALL RIVER AT MOUTH NEAR IDAHO SPRINGS
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText At Fall River RD and west bound on ramp to I-70, near I-70 exit 238
HUCEightDigitCode 10190004
LatitudeMeasure 39.7553700000
LongitudeMeasure -105.5565700000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET