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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001_WQX >  21COL001_WQX-CPW-114A

ROAD CANYON RESERVOIR (21COL001_WQX-CPW-114A) 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 "ROAD CANYON RESERVOIR" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-CPW-114A. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13010001.

This site is located in Hinsdale County County, Colorado at 37.7762230000 degrees latitude and -107.1766820000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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-CPW-114A" 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 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 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-CPW-114A
MonitoringLocationName ROAD CANYON RESERVOIR
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText DAM
HUCEightDigitCode 13010001
LatitudeMeasure 37.7762230000
LongitudeMeasure -107.1766820000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 053
ProviderName STORET