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Allen Canyon Creek (UTEMTN-Allen-Rd) 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 Ute Mountain Utes Tribe (Colorado) (identifier UTEMTN), has the name "Allen Canyon Creek" and has the identifier UTEMTN-Allen-Rd. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080201.

This site is located in San Juan County County, Utah at 37.6843970000 degrees latitude and -109.6484810000 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 "UTEMTN-Allen-Rd" 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.

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2010 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2019
Microbiological 2013 - 2013
Nutrient 2010 - 2019
Organics, Other 2019 - 2019
Physical 2010 - 2019
Radiochemical 2010 - 2019
*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 UTEMTN
OrganizationFormalName Ute Mountain Utes Tribe (Colorado)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier UTEMTN-Allen-Rd
MonitoringLocationName Allen Canyon Creek
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Downstream end of Allen Canyon 10-15 yards off road, up stream, tributary to Cottonwood Wash. Because of the absence of uranium mining on Tribal Lands, Allen Canyon Creek is used as a reference condition for radiation levels and ecology in comparison to Cottonwood Wash.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080201
LatitudeMeasure 37.6843970000
LongitudeMeasure -109.6484810000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 49
CountyCode 037
ProviderName STORET