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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 2010-09-15 2010-09-15
Information Water-quality 1941-04-21 2010-09-15
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1941-04-21 2002-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1941-04-21 2010-09-15
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1941-04-21 1949-07-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1941-04-21 2002-09-12
Organics, other Water-quality 2000-11-14 2002-09-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1941-04-21 2024-11-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1948-05-24 2023-06-09
n/a Site Visits 2014-09-25 2024-11-08
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 09015000 is associated with a Stream in Grand County, Colorado. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1941 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 8,326.47 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 8,326.47 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
09015000 n/a
Site name
COLORADO RIVER BL SHADOW MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR, CO. n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 401218.70 n/a
DMS longitude 1055015.22 n/a
Decimal latitude 40.20519444 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.8375611 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Grand County 049
Country US n/a
Land net location description S19 T03N R75W 6 n/a
Name of location map SHADOW MOUNTAIN, CO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 8326.47 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
14010001
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
190 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 NNNNNNNN 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 n/a

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