ROARING FORK WATERSHED WATER-QUALITY DATA--DATA RETRIEVALS

Ranch near Mt. Sopris. Photo by Jeffrey Foster.

Historical data for the Roaring Fork Watershed have been compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with several agencies: Colorado River Water Conservation Board, Pitkin County, and the Town of Basalt. From 1949 to 2006, 6 agencies have collected water-quality data and biological data at a total of 308 sites within the watershed. These data have been compiled into a single relational data base. Types of water data collected include major ions, nutrients, trace metals, pesticides, and volatile organics. Types of biological data collected include fish, algae, and macroinvertebrate information.

A summary of available data (0.4 MB Microsoft Word file) may be downloaded. Alternatively, queries may be made of the data base to retrieve only data specifically of interest.

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