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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NMEX_WQX >  21NMEX_WQX-29Placer001.0

Placer Creek above Box - 29Placer001.0 (21NMEX_WQX-29Placer001.0) 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_WQX), has the name "Placer Creek above Box - 29Placer001.0" and has the identifier 21NMEX_WQX-29Placer001.0. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020102.

This site is located in Rio Arriba County County, New Mexico at 36.6850500000 degrees latitude and -106.2511300000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 9377 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 "21NMEX_WQX-29Placer001.0" 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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2007 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2007 - 2007
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2007 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2007 - 2012
Microbiological 2007 - 2012
Nutrient 2007 - 2012
Organics, Other 2007 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 2007 - 2012
Physical 2007 - 2016
Radiochemical 2007 - 2012
Stable Isotopes 2007 - 2012
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName NM Environmental Dept./SWQB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NMEX_WQX-29Placer001.0
MonitoringLocationName Placer Creek above Box - 29Placer001.0
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 13020102
LatitudeMeasure 36.6850500000
LongitudeMeasure -106.2511300000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 9377
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 039
ProviderName STORET