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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1991-11-08 2003-09-02
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1994-04-14 1995-01-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1994-04-14 1995-01-10
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1994-05-31 1994-08-29
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1991-10-01 2024-11-12
n/a Peak Measurements 1992-08-25 2023-05-12
n/a Site Visits 1991-10-03 2024-10-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 06720990 is associated with a Stream in Weld County, Colorado. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1991 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
06720990 n/a
Site name
BIG DRY CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR FORT LUPTON, CO n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 400407.80 n/a
DMS longitude 1044955.15 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.0688333 n/a
Decimal longitude -104.8319861 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Colorado 08
State
Colorado 08
County
Weld County 123
Country US n/a
Land net location description SENES12 T001N R067W n/a
Name of location map FORT LUPTON, CO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 4900 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
10190003
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 19911010 n/a
Drainage area
107 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 460800120 n/a

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