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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  CORIVWCH_WQX >  CORIVWCH_WQX-5007

May Valley Ditch - Hwy 196 (CORIVWCH_WQX-5007) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This canal irrigation site, maintained by the Colorado River Watch (identifier CORIVWCH_WQX), has the name "May Valley Ditch - Hwy 196" and has the identifier CORIVWCH_WQX-5007. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)11020009.

This site is located in Prowers County County, Colorado at 38.1175055500 degrees latitude and -102.6112769000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 3537 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-5007" 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 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2008 - 2008
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2008 - 2008
Physical 2008 - 2008
*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
MonitoringLocationIdentifier CORIVWCH_WQX-5007
MonitoringLocationName May Valley Ditch - Hwy 196
MonitoringLocationTypeName Canal Irrigation
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText From Lamar, go N on Hwy 50/287/Sante Fe Trail. Stay N as road curves E merging into Hwy 196. At first intersection turn right E, onto Hwy 196. Follow 196 until cross ditch about 3/4 mi down. Site on North side of Hwy 196
HUCEightDigitCode 11020009
LatitudeMeasure 38.1175055500
LongitudeMeasure -102.6112769000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 160000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3537
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 08
CountyCode 099
ProviderName STORET