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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  CORIVWCH_WQX >  CORIVWCH_WQX-3738

Piceance Cr - Below Rd 20 (CORIVWCH_WQX-3738) 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 "Piceance Cr - Below Rd 20" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-3738. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14050006.

This site is located in Rio Blanco County County, Colorado at 40.0360653000 degrees latitude and -108.2595509000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5864 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-3738" 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 2023 - 2023
Information 2023 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2023 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2023 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2023 - 2023
Not Assigned 2023 - 2023
Physical 2023 - 2023
Physical, Habitat 2023 - 2023
*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-3738
MonitoringLocationName Piceance Cr - Below Rd 20
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Meeker: Hwy 13 to Hwy 64 W. Left on Co Rd. 5. After 5.07 mi turn left through wire gate into BLM. Site is at end of 2-track. Don't get stuck.
HUCEightDigitCode 14050006
LatitudeMeasure 40.0360653000
LongitudeMeasure -108.2595509000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5864
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 103
ProviderName STORET