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Purgatoire - Higbee Br (CORIVWCH_WQX-455) 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 (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "Purgatoire - Higbee Br" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-455. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020010.

This site is located in Otero County County, Colorado at 37.7597496100 degrees latitude and -103.4358990000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4170 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-455" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 2004
Physical 1994 - 2005
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado River Watch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-455
MonitoringLocationName Purgatoire - Higbee Br
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From town of La Junta, travel approx 17 mi south on state hwy 109. After crossing Purgatoire River, enter the first locked gate on the right. Follow pasture road about 1/3 mi to salt cedars at riverbank. ***Key to gate is in school's kit***
HUCEightDigitCode 11020010
LatitudeMeasure 37.7597496100
LongitudeMeasure -103.4358990000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4170
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET