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Animas River at Hwy 550 crossing about five miles north of A (21NMEX-66ANIMAS043.0) 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 NM Environmental Dept./SWQB (identifier 21NMEX), has the name "Animas River at Hwy 550 crossing about five miles north of A" and has the identifier 21NMEX-66ANIMAS043.0. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080104.

This site is located in San Juan County County, New Mexico at 36.9327000 degrees latitude and -107.8940000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1829 m 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 "21NMEX-66ANIMAS043.0" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Not Assigned 2002 - 2002
Organics, Other 2002 - 2002
Organics, Pesticide 2002 - 2002
*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 21NMEX
OrganizationFormalName NM Environmental Dept./SWQB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NMEX-66ANIMAS043.0
MonitoringLocationName Animas River at Hwy 550 crossing about five miles north of A
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 14080104
LatitudeMeasure 36.9327000
LongitudeMeasure -107.8940000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1829
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET