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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1973-09-12 1973-09-12
Information Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-09-12 2024-11-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1973-09-12 1973-09-12
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-09-12 1973-09-12
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1973-09-12 1973-09-12
Nutrient Water-quality 1973-09-12 1973-09-12
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1973-09-12 2024-11-14
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2014-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 09096100 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Mesa County, Colorado. Current conditions of Gate openings, Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, and Reservoir storage are available. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
09096100 n/a
Site name
VEGA RESERVOIR NEAR COLLBRAN, CO n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 391330 n/a
DMS longitude 1074840 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.22497969 n/a
Decimal longitude -107.8117297 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 5 sec. F
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Colorado 08
State
Colorado 08
County
Mesa County 077
Country US n/a
Land net location description NENWS06 T010S R093W n/a
Name of location map VEGA RESERVOIR, COLO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 8000 feet n/a
Method altitude determined U n/a
Altitude accuracy 10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
14010005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20030301 n/a
Drainage area
24.1 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 858200110 n/a

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