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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  MWRD_WQX >  MWRD_WQX-Hillrose

South Platte River at County Road 33 at Hillrose (MWRD_WQX-Hillrose) 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 Metro Water Recovery (formerly Metro Wastewater Reclamation District) (identifier MWRD_WQX), has the name "South Platte River at County Road 33 at Hillrose" and has the identifier MWRD_WQX-Hillrose. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)10190012.

This site is located in Morgan County County, Colorado at 40.3584000000 degrees latitude and -103.5030000000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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 "MWRD_WQX-Hillrose" 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*
Nutrient 2014 - 2021
Physical 2012 - 2021
*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 MWRD_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Metro Water Recovery (formerly Metro Wastewater Reclamation District)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier MWRD_WQX-Hillrose
MonitoringLocationName South Platte River at County Road 33 at Hillrose
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Take I-76 east. Exit and turn north at Hillrose. Turn east (right on Hwy 6) and then left onto Emerson St. Emerson will turn right and become Cty Rd 33. Road will cross the river approximately 2.5 miles north of Emerson. Sample from the bridge in flowing water next to gage and CPW property.
HUCEightDigitCode 10190012
LatitudeMeasure 40.3584000000
LongitudeMeasure -103.5030000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 087
ProviderName STORET