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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2003-02-11 2011-04-25
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1952-10-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1962-10-19 1963-09-18
n/a Peak Measurements 1953-05-29 2021-05-24
n/a Site Visits 1959-11-06 2024-09-18
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08275500 is associated with a Stream in Taos County, New Mexico. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1952 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08275500 n/a
Site name
RIO GRANDE DEL RANCHO NEAR TALPA, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 361811.17 n/a
DMS longitude 1053451.61 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.30310278 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.5810028 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 7240.00 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 YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
83 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 83 square miles 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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