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Lemon Reservoir South End (USBR-WCAO-DRLRQ001) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Bureau of Reclamation Western Colorado Area Office (identifier USBR-WCAO), has the name "Lemon Reservoir South End" and has the identifier USBR-WCAO-DRLRQ001. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080104.

This site is located in La Plata County County, Colorado at 37.3879140000 degrees latitude and -107.6595210000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. 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 "USBR-WCAO-DRLRQ001" 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 2009 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2011
*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 USBR-WCAO
OrganizationFormalName Bureau of Reclamation Western Colorado Area Office
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USBR-WCAO-DRLRQ001
MonitoringLocationName Lemon Reservoir South End
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
HUCEightDigitCode 14080104
LatitudeMeasure 37.3879140000
LongitudeMeasure -107.6595210000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET