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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  CORIVWCH_WQX >  CORIVWCH_WQX-720

Big Dry Cr - Eldora Drainage (CORIVWCH_WQX-720) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This canal irrigation site, maintained by the Colorado River Watch (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Big Dry Cr - Eldora Drainage" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-720. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190003.

This site is located in Jefferson County County, Colorado at 39.8677110000 degrees latitude and -105.2210720000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6125 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-720" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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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, Counts 2022 - 2022
Information 2022 - 2022
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2021 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2022 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2023
Not Assigned 2022 - 2022
Nutrient 2022 - 2023
Physical 2021 - 2023
Physical, Habitat 2022 - 2022
*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-720
MonitoringLocationName Big Dry Cr - Eldora Drainage
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Irrigation
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Starting from C72 and C93, head North on 93. Turn right on 72. Turn left onto Hallett st. At the round about go right onto 94th Ave. At the pedestrian sign at flattop intersection go left. The creek is down to the right on Flattop st.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190003
LatitudeMeasure 39.8677110000
LongitudeMeasure -105.2210720000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6125
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET