Water Monitoring Updates from the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed
November 2025 Low-flow nutrient sampling, new global flow meter, new River Watch volunteers, precipitation and stream flow, Dallas Creek 2025 Water Year,
October 2025 Low-flow nutrient sampling, September streamflow measurements, Colorado River Watch site visit, Upper Uncompahgre Water Quality 2014
August 2025 June, July and August streamflow measurements using Tracker 2 Flow Meter; Water Quality Control Division TMDL Visit; Decreased Uncompahgre River and Dallas Creek flow due to lack of rain; Comparison of discharge measurements between Dallas Cr River Watch site and Dallas Creek USGS site; Elevation differences in Dissolved Oxygen (DO) measurements
June 2025 High flow nutrient sampling, high flows in Cow Creek and Uncompahgre River, Total Hardness comparison at Idarado Compliance site 3580, Dissolved Zinc data from Upper Red Mtn Creek and the Uncompahgre River above the Hydro Dam
May 2025 Manual streamflow measurement on Dallas Creek, sampling at new Red Mountain and Dallas Creek sites, review of historic lower Dallas Creek stream data
April 2025 Two new sampling sites, SNOTEL data, flows on Uncompahgre River, Ridgway Reservoir storage
March 2025 Legislation with potential impacts; River Corps member orientation;
Snowpack, Precipitation and Streamflow; River Watch data analysis for Potters Ranch site on the Uncompahgre River
February 2025 Pause on new RW sites until July, new River Corps member hired, snowpack and winter streamflow, and examination of temporal trends in water quality parameters at UWP River Watch sites
January 2025 River Watch sampling update, SWE update, dissolved oxygen monitoring
