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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1958-09-10 1958-09-10
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1958-09-10 1958-09-10
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1958-09-10 1958-09-10
Nutrient Water-quality 1958-09-10 1958-09-10
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1949-05-01 1959-09-29
n/a Peak Measurements 1950-06-06 1959-05-16
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08255000 is associated with a Stream in Taos County, New Mexico. Water data back to 1949 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08255000 n/a
Site name
UTE CREEK NEAR AMALIA, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 365710 n/a
DMS longitude 1052435 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.9528015 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.4102847 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New Mexico 35
State
New Mexico 35
County
Taos County 055
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 8900.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
13020101
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
12.00 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a