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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NMEX >  21NMEX-04CHICOR034.4

Chicorica Creek above Lake Alice (21NMEX-04CHICOR034.4) 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 NM Environmental Dept./SWQB (identifier 21NMEX), has the name "Chicorica Creek above Lake Alice" and has the identifier 21NMEX-04CHICOR034.4. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11080001.

This site is located in Colfax County County, New Mexico at 36.9588100 degrees latitude and -104.3856900 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 2178 m 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 "21NMEX-04CHICOR034.4" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2006 - 2006
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2006 - 2006
Microbiological 2006 - 2006
Nutrient 2006 - 2006
Organics, Other 2006 - 2006
Physical 2006 - 2006
Radiochemical 2006 - 2006
*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 21NMEX
OrganizationFormalName NM Environmental Dept./SWQB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NMEX-04CHICOR034.4
MonitoringLocationName Chicorica Creek above Lake Alice
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 11080001
LatitudeMeasure 36.9588100
LongitudeMeasure -104.3856900
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 2178
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 007
ProviderName STORET