Water Monitoring Updates from the Upper Uncompahgre River Watershed
July 2024 Start of summer sampling, change of Governor Basin site, Dallas Creek spring low flows
June 2024 Sampling updates and new sites, data from SNOTEL, Ridgway Reservoir, USGS on Uncompahgre River, and Dallas Creek
May 2024 Three new RW sites, SWE: 73% of the basin median and down from 98% in March, very low streamflow period, high rate of release at Ridgway Reservoir
April 2024 RW updates, snowpack, precipitation, streamflow, and a look at SWE, streamflow and metal loads in the upper Uncompahgre watershed
March 14, 2024 River Watch updates and plans for coming month, snowpack, precipitation, and streamflow
January 11, 2024 River Watch updates and information on snowpack, precipitation, and streamflow
November 9, 2023 Snowpack, precipitation, and streamflow; water quality date from the Idarado mining area
October 12, 2023 New River Watch volunteers, presentations, partnerships, etc.; Canyon Creek, Red Mountain creek, and irregularities in pH measurements
September 14, 2023 River Watch volunteer activity July-Sept., streamflow report, and summary of 2022 Water Quality Assessment Report
July 13, 2023 River Watch summer sampling begins in Blue Lakes area, volunteers educate festivalgoers at RiverFest, precipitation, streamflow, and reservoir storage updates
June 8, 2023 River Watch volunteer activities; precipitation, streamflow, and reservoir storage; and new River Watch sites
May 11, 2023 River Watch activities and precipitation, streamflow and storage in the Gunnison Basin, Ridgway area, and Ridgway Reservoir
April 13, 2023 New River Watch data tool, big April 6 Reservoir release, 2023 – one of the larger snowpacks of the past 22 years and related discharge forecasting
March 9, 2023 Snowpacks continued to increase through February; Uncompahgre streamflow measurements indicated flows during February tracked closely with long-term median flows; Ridgway Reservoir storage at 83% capacity.
February 9, 2023 Snowpacks continued to increase through January; Ridgway Reservoir and Uncompahgre River levels; Water Quality Data from the 2022 303(d) assessment for Uncompahgre River segment from point above confluence with Dexter Creek to point below confluence with Dallas Creek
January 12, 2023 Sampling update; Precipitation, streamflow and reservoir storage; Red Mountain Creek sites from 2019 to 2021
December 8, 2022 Sampling report; precipitation, streamflow and reservoir storage; Box and Whisker plots of total hardness data for the 11 UWP River Watch sites collected between 2019 and 2021
November 10, 2022 Macroinvertebrate sampling; streamflows, precipitation and reservoir storage for October; 2022 Water Quality Control Commission 303(d) List of Impaired Stream Segments
October 13, 2022 Precipitation, streamflow and reservoir storage during the Southwest Monsoon continued, water quality data for Gray Copper Gulch
September 8, 2022 Precipitation, streamflow and reservoir storage during the Southwest Monsoon, Metals data from TMDL sites monitored by UWP River Watch:
August 11, 2022 Blue Lake samples, summer streamflows on Uncompahgre River, Dallas Creek and Cow Creek, Uncompahgre segment standards and metals information
(no report in July 2022)
June 16, 2022 summer sites, Plasma Mass Spectrometer, streamflows, and standards attainment
May 12, 2022 RW director site visit, streamflows, snow water totals, timing of high metal concentrations, school field trip presentation
April 14, 2022 nutrient data examples from 2020-2021
March 10, 2022 streamflow, snowpack and the EPA’s How’s My Waterway
February 10, 2022 streamflow and snowpack
January 13, 2022 streamflow and snowfall trends and analysis of water quality in Ridgway Reservoir
December 8, 2021 sampling activities, streamflows, snowfall trend, and preliminary E. Coli data from Blue Lakes study
November 11, 2021 sampling activities, streamflows, metal concentrations in fish tissue at Ridgway Reservoir, and preliminary TMDL data (July-Oct 2021)
September 9, 2021 sampling activity, RiverFest demonstrations, and streamflows
August 12, 2021 new site information, streamflow stats and progress in TMDL data collection
July 8, 2021 Volunteer activities, streamflow stats plus comparison of total alkalinity and hardness in Imogene Creek
June 10, 2021 Volunteer activities plus streamflow stats
May 13, 2021 Stats plus Sneffels, Imogene, and Canyon Creek hardness data
April 8, 2021 Stats plus Imogene Creek sampling history
March 11, 2021 Stats plus Uncompahgre segments that lack sufficient data for a TMDL study
February 11, 2021 Stats plus cadmium concentrations from Lake Como to the confluence of the Uncompahgre with Red Mountain Creek
Older reports available by request to uwpcoordinator@gmail.com.
