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Puerco River nr west Gallup (NNEPA-15PUERCORI08) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream effluent-dominated site, maintained by the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah (Tribal) (identifier NNEPA), has the name "Puerco River nr west Gallup" and has the identifier NNEPA-15PUERCORI08. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15020006.

This site is located in Mckinley County County, New Mexico at 35.4905337400 degrees latitude and -108.9051130200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 6309 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 "NNEPA-15PUERCORI08" 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 2009 - 2009
Biological, Fish 2009 - 2009
Information 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2003 - 2003
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2000 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2000 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2000 - 2009
Microbiological 2000 - 2000
Not Assigned 2009 - 2009
Nutrient 2001 - 2008
Organics, Other 2000 - 2009
Organics, PCBs 2000 - 2000
Organics, Pesticide 2000 - 2009
Physical 2000 - 2009
Radiochemical 2000 - 2008
Stable Isotopes 2000 - 2002
*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 NNEPA
OrganizationFormalName Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah (Tribal)
MonitoringLocationIdentifier NNEPA-15PUERCORI08
MonitoringLocationName Puerco River nr west Gallup
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/stream Effluent-Dominated
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText Puerco River u/s of Defiance Draw bridge, d/s of Gallup WWTF
HUCEightDigitCode 15020006
LatitudeMeasure 35.4905337400
LongitudeMeasure -108.9051130200
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6309
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Standard Position (SA Off)
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName SEALV
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 031
ProviderName STORET