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Arkansas - Las Animas (CORIVWCH_WQX-4008) 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 River Watch (Volunteer) (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Arkansas - Las Animas" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-4008. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020009.

This site is located in Bent County County, Colorado at 38.0820000000 degrees latitude and -103.2204000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3893 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 "CORIVWCH_WQX-4008" 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 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2005 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2005 - 2005
Physical 2005 - 2005
*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 CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch (Volunteer)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-4008
MonitoringLocationName Arkansas - Las Animas
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From La Junta follow Route 50 east to Las Animas. At the eastern end of Las Animas as route 50 turns north, there is a bridge that crosses the Arkansas with a USGS gauge on it. A RR bridge is adjacent to the route 50 bridge. Sample location is approx 20 m above the RR bridge.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020009
LatitudeMeasure 38.0820000000
LongitudeMeasure -103.2204000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3893
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 011
ProviderName STORET