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PURGATOIRE R BLW TRINIDAD @ US HWY 350 BRIDGE (21COL001-000011) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment (identifier 21COL001), has the name "PURGATOIRE R BLW TRINIDAD @ US HWY 350 BRIDGE" and has the identifier 21COL001-000011. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020010.

This site is located in Las Animas County County, Colorado at 37.2872999 degrees latitude and -104.3187666 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 0 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21COL001-000011" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1968 - 1983
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1968 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1968 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1968 - 2006
Microbiological 1968 - 2006
Not Assigned 1969 - 1978
Nutrient 1968 - 2006
Organics, Other 1969 - 1992
Physical 1901 - 2006
Radiochemical 1968 - 2006
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21COL001
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001-000011
MonitoringLocationName PURGATOIRE R BLW TRINIDAD @ US HWY 350 BRIDGE
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Purgatoire River At Bridge On Us Hwy 350, 14 Miles Northwest Of Trinidad and 7 miles southwest of Model, Las Animas County. State Of Colorado Department Of Health Station No. RPS-11.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020010
LatitudeMeasure 37.2872999
LongitudeMeasure -104.3187666
SourceMapScaleNumeric 000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET