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Purgatoire - Nine Mile Dam (CORIVWCH_WQX-456) 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 "Purgatoire - Nine Mile Dam" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-456. 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 37.7137151500 degrees latitude and -103.5097243000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 4240 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-456" 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 1998 - 2004
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2005
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1995 - 2004
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 2004
Nutrient 2000 - 2005
Physical 1995 - 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-456
MonitoringLocationName Purgatoire - Nine Mile Dam
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From town of La Junta, travel approx 14.75 mi south on state hwy 109 to Ninemile Rd. Turn right and continue about 6 mi to a pasture gate on the left. Proceed through gate, over Ninemile Canal, and down to Purgatoire River.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020010
LatitudeMeasure 37.7137151500
LongitudeMeasure -103.5097243000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 4240
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 089
ProviderName STORET