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PURGATOIRE RIVER ABOVE WESTON (21COL001_WQX-7545) 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-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "PURGATOIRE RIVER ABOVE WESTON" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-7545. 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 37.1305000000 degrees latitude and -104.8502500000 degrees longitude using the datum UNKWN. No horizontal 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_WQX-7545" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Biological, Counts 2004 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2011 - 2011
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2010 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2010 - 2011
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2010 - 2011
Nutrient 2010 - 2011
Physical 2010 - 2011
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX-7545
MonitoringLocationName PURGATOIRE RIVER ABOVE WESTON
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is at the bridge over the Purgatoire in Weston.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020010
LatitudeMeasure 37.1305000000
LongitudeMeasure -104.8502500000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Digital Map Source
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET