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PURGATOIRE R. @ HWY 101 (21COL001_WQX-7549) 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 R. @ HWY 101" and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-7549. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020010.

This site is located in Bent County County, Colorado at 38.0345070000 degrees latitude and -103.2013360000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. 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-7549" 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 2000 - 2010
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2008 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2016
Microbiological 2007 - 2010
Nutrient 2007 - 2016
Physical 2007 - 2016
Radiochemical 2015 - 2016
*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-7549
MonitoringLocationName PURGATOIRE R. @ HWY 101
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Las Animas, take Hwy 101 to where it crosses the Purgatoire. Sample is collected above the bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020010
LatitudeMeasure 38.0345070000
LongitudeMeasure -103.2013360000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 011
ProviderName STORET