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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2003-02-12 2011-04-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1966-07-19 1974-11-19
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-07-19 1974-11-19
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1966-07-19 1972-11-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1966-07-19 1972-11-03
Nutrient Water-quality 1966-07-19 1974-11-19
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1936-03-07 2024-11-15
Sediment Water-quality 1973-07-12 1976-07-08
n/a Peak Measurements 1936-07-07 2023-05-19
n/a Site Visits 1937-06-21 2024-10-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2022-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08255500 is associated with a Stream in Taos County, New Mexico. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1936 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08255500 n/a
Site name
COSTILLA CREEK NEAR COSTILLA, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 365800.7 n/a
DMS longitude 1053025.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.9668611 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.5071111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
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 7936 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 NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
195 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

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