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Purgatoire - Mincic (CORIVWCH_WQX-462) 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 - Mincic" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-462. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020010.

This site is located in Las Animas County County, Colorado at 37.2691675000 degrees latitude and -104.3744891000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5680 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-462" 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*
Biological, Counts 2000 - 2013
Information 2002 - 2016
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1930 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2001 - 2016
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1930 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1930 - 2020
Not Assigned 2002 - 2016
Nutrient 2001 - 2016
Physical 1994 - 2017
Physical, Habitat 2002 - 2016
*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-462
MonitoringLocationName Purgatoire - Mincic
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From the town Trinidad, travel approx 9 mi northeast on US Hwy 350 to county Rd 85. Turn left and continue 1.1 mi to bridge over Purgatoire River.
HUCEightDigitCode 11020010
LatitudeMeasure 37.2691675000
LongitudeMeasure -104.3744891000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5680
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 071
ProviderName STORET