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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  NARS >  NARS-WCOP99-0601

YAMPA RIVER (NARS-WCOP99-0601) 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 EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data (identifier NARS), has the name "YAMPA RIVER" and has the identifier NARS-WCOP99-0601. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14050002.

This site is located in Moffat County County, Colorado at 40.4400000 degrees latitude and -107.9100000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD27. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1827 m 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 "NARS-WCOP99-0601" 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, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2003 - 2003
Nutrient 2003 - 2003
Organics, Other 2003 - 2003
Physical 2003 - 2003
*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 NARS
OrganizationFormalName EPA National Aquatic Resource Survey Data
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NARS-WCOP99-0601
MonitoringLocationName YAMPA RIVER
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText FLOW is WADEABLE/SITE TYPE is EMAPPROB/Strahler Stream Order is 7/WATERSHED AREA is 7843.5748km^2/Station Weight (km): 450.269/IBI Score: 63.67/OE Taxa Loss: 0.704
HUCEightDigitCode 14050002
LatitudeMeasure 40.4400000
LongitudeMeasure -107.9100000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source (Tiger)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD27
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1827
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Photogrammetric
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 081
ProviderName STORET