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Purgatoire - Higbee Br (CORIVWCH_WQX-455) site data in the Water Quality Portal
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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.
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Characteristic Group | Date Range* |
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Inorganics, Major, Metals | 1998 - 2004 |
Inorganics, Minor, Metals | 1994 - 2004 |
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals | 1998 - 2004 |
Physical | 1994 - 2005 |
What other information is available for this location?
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Location Metadata | Value |
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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 |