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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21COL001_WQX >  21COL001_WQX-9418

ANIMAS RIVER U/S JUNCTION US HWY 160 & STATE ROUTE 3 IN DURANGO. (21COL001_WQX-9418) 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 Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD (identifier 21COL001_WQX), has the name "ANIMAS RIVER U/S JUNCTION US HWY 160 & STATE ROUTE 3 IN DURANGO." and has the identifier 21COL001_WQX-9418. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)14080104.

This site is located in La Plata County County, Colorado at 37.2346170000 degrees latitude and -107.8686320000 degrees longitude using the datum WGS84. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21COL001_WQX-9418" 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 2023 - 2024
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2024
Microbiological 2009 - 2010
Nutrient 2009 - 2024
Organics, Other 2023 - 2024
Physical 2009 - 2024
Radiochemical 2010 - 2024
*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 21COL001_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment-WQCD
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21COL001_WQX-9418
MonitoringLocationName ANIMAS RIVER U/S JUNCTION US HWY 160 & STATE ROUTE 3 IN DURANGO.
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText The site is near an animal shelter at a rafting take-out, south of US Hwy 160/550 in Durango.
HUCEightDigitCode 14080104
LatitudeMeasure 37.2346170000
LongitudeMeasure -107.8686320000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 0
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName WGS84
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 067
ProviderName STORET