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Lower Westwater Black water pond (UTEMTN-NM-WWAFWP) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This reservoir site, maintained by the Ute Mountain Utes Tribe (Colorado) (identifier UTEMTN), has the name "Lower Westwater Black water pond" and has the identifier UTEMTN-NM-WWAFWP. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080105.

This site is located in San Juan County County, New Mexico at 36.8521400000 degrees latitude and -108.4521000000 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-NM-WWAFWP" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2014 - 2014
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2014 - 2014
Nutrient 2014 - 2014
Physical 2014 - 2014
Radiochemical 2014 - 2014
*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-NM-WWAFWP
MonitoringLocationName Lower Westwater Black water pond
MonitoringLocationTypeName Reservoir
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText An artesian flowing well that fills a catchment basin pond. Historically the pond was fenced off and a drinker was used for the cattle. Presently high flows within the Westwater Arroyo system have blown out the fence and cattle have access to the pond.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080105
LatitudeMeasure 36.8521400000
LongitudeMeasure -108.4521000000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Unknown
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET