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USGS 07124200 PURGATOIRE RIVER AT MADRID, CO.

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 37°07'46",   Longitude 104°38'22"   NAD27
Las Animas County, Colorado, Hydrologic Unit 11020010
Drainage area: 505 square miles
Datum of gage: 6,261.61 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1987-10-01  2025-10-31  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979-03-28  1981-07-26  2097 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972-03-01  2025-10-30  19602 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1979-03-28  1981-07-26  2166 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1978-10-12  1981-08-20  608 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1978-10-01  1981-09-29  1093 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979-03-28  1981-07-26 685 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972-03-01  2025-03-27 19385 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1979-03-28  1981-07-26 734 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1978-10-12  1981-08-20 608 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1978-10-01  1981-09-29 1093 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979-03  1981-07  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972-03  2025-03  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1979-03  1981-07  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1978-10  1981-08  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1978-10  1981-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1979  1981  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1972  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1979  1981  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1979  1981  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1979  1981  
 Peak streamflow 1972-09-01  2024-06-09  52 
 Field measurements 1976-07-20  2025-09-24  510 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1972-03-16  2010-09-17  494 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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