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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  AURORA >  AURORA-UPSTREAM

Upstream (AURORA-UPSTREAM) 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 City of Aurora (Colorado) (identifier AURORA), has the name "Upstream" and has the identifier AURORA-UPSTREAM. 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 39.7569500 degrees latitude and -105.8469500 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. 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 "AURORA-UPSTREAM" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 2004
Microbiological 1998 - 2004
Nutrient 1998 - 2004
Organics, Other 2002 - 2004
Physical 1998 - 2004
*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 AURORA
OrganizationFormalName City of Aurora (Colorado)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier AURORA-UPSTREAM
MonitoringLocationName Upstream
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 10190004
LatitudeMeasure 39.7569500
LongitudeMeasure -105.8469500
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 019
ProviderName STORET