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PURGATOIRE R AT KIT CARSON TRAIL IN EAST TRINIDAD (21COL001-7580A) 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 AT KIT CARSON TRAIL IN EAST TRINIDAD" and has the identifier 21COL001-7580A. 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 37.1841666 degrees latitude and -104.4881649 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 "21COL001-7580A" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2000
Microbiological 2000 - 2000
Nutrient 2000 - 2000
Physical 2000 - 2000
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21COL001
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001-7580A
MonitoringLocationName PURGATOIRE R AT KIT CARSON TRAIL IN EAST TRINIDAD
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is near where Hwy 350/160 crosses the Purgatoire River in east Trinidad. This section of road is also known as Kit Carson Trail. It is approximately 1.65 miles downstream of the Cedar Street bridge, site 7580. It was sampled 10 times in 2000. The sampler listed these driving directions: From I-25, head east on Hwy 350. There is a dirt service road along river on South side of Hwy 350. Take sample downstream of bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020010
LatitudeMeasure 37.1841666
LongitudeMeasure -104.4881649
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA On)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 0
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName Unknown
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET