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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  CORIVWCH_WQX >  CORIVWCH_WQX-252

Blue - Trough (CORIVWCH_WQX-252) 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 River Watch (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Blue - Trough" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-252. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14010002.

This site is located in Grand County County, Colorado at 40.0292277600 degrees latitude and -106.3872762000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7340 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 "CORIVWCH_WQX-252" 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, Counts 2004 - 2004
Information 2010 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1999 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2002 - 2010
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1992 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1999 - 2011
Not Assigned 2010 - 2010
Nutrient 2002 - 2010
Physical 1992 - 2011
Physical, Habitat 2010 - 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 CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-252
MonitoringLocationName Blue - Trough
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From junction of US Hwy 40 & state hwy 9 in town of Kremmling, travel 2.25 mi south on 9 to county Rd 1. Turn right and continue approx 0.8 mi to bridge over Blue River.
HUCEightDigitCode 14010002
LatitudeMeasure 40.0292277600
LongitudeMeasure -106.3872762000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7340
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 049
ProviderName STORET