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Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2003-02-11 2011-03-23
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1974-07-03 1974-07-16
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-07-03 1974-07-16
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1974-07-03 1974-07-16
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1974-07-03 1974-07-16
Microbiological Water-quality 1974-07-16 1974-07-16
Nutrient Water-quality 1974-07-03 1974-07-16
Organics, other Water-quality 1974-07-16 1974-07-16
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1935-10-30 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1974-07-16 1974-07-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1914-05-10 2023-05-17
n/a Site Visits 1938-09-09 2024-11-19
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08285500 is associated with a Stream in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1914 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08285500 n/a
Site name
RIO CHAMA BELOW EL VADO DAM, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 363449.38 n/a
DMS longitude 1064329.16 n/a
Decimal latitude 36.5803833 n/a
Decimal longitude -106.7247667 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
Rio Arriba County 039
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 6696.12 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
13020102
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
877 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 777 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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