La Plata River – Stream in San Juan, New Mexico

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 897392

Location

State New Mexico

County San Juan

Feature Class Stream

Coordinates

DMS

36°44'10"N 108°15'06"W

Decimal Degrees

36.7361133, -108.2517421

Elevation

5,213.25 ft (1,589.00 m)

USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Kirtland

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Farmington

1.9 mi ESE

Also Known As

Plata River Rio la Plata

Hydrography

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Description

70 mile long tributary of San Juan River.

History

A Spanish word meaning "silver."

Nearby Features

North Farmington Ditch Canal · 1.0 mi E
Farmington Glade Stream · 1.6 mi ESE
Farmington Populated Place · 1.9 mi ESE
Martin Mesa Summit · 2.2 mi NNW
Animas River Stream · 2.3 mi SE
Cottonwood Arroyo Stream · 2.4 mi NNE
Halford Independent Ditch Canal · 2.4 mi NE
Locke Arroyo Stream · 2.6 mi WSW
Independent Ditch Canal · 2.6 mi ENE
Cottonwood Wash Stream · 2.9 mi N

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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