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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1973-08-09 2024-01-23
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1978-01-04 2023-11-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1972-07-13 2024-01-23
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-01-04 2023-03-14
Microbiological Water-quality 2002-08-05 2002-09-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-01-04 2002-08-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1917-10-01 2024-11-21
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2023-03-14 2023-03-14
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2023-03-14 2023-03-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1918-05-18 2023-05-15
n/a Site Visits 1984-09-14 2024-11-12
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 09169500 is associated with a Stream in Montrose County, Colorado. Current conditions of Discharge, Dissolved solids, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1917 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 4,942.59 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add 4,942.59 feet to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
09169500 n/a
Site name
DOLORES RIVER AT BEDROCK, CO n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 381837 n/a
DMS longitude 1085305 n/a
Decimal latitude 38.3102675 n/a
Decimal longitude -108.8853805 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
Montrose County 085
Country US n/a
Land net location description NWSWS20 T047N R018W n/a
Name of location map PARADOX, CO n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 4942.59 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
14030002
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
2025 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 n/a

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