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BARR LAKE, SE OF BRIGHTON, 200M FROM DAM (21COL001_WQX-BARR02) 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 "BARR LAKE, SE OF BRIGHTON, 200M FROM DAM" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-BARR02. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190003.

This site is located in Adams County County, Colorado at 39.9554800000 degrees latitude and -104.7560300000 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-BARR02" 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.

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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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1990 - 1990
Information 1990 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1990 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1990 - 2010
Nutrient 1990 - 1990
Physical 1990 - 2010
*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-BARR02
MonitoringLocationName BARR LAKE, SE OF BRIGHTON, 200M FROM DAM
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 10190003
LatitudeMeasure 39.9554800000
LongitudeMeasure -104.7560300000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 001
ProviderName STORET