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Important information about this monitoring location

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 5126.38 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add this value to gage height values.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	08329870	n/a
Location name	BEAR ARROYO AT JEFFERSON ST AT ALBQ, NM	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	35.15083333333333	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-106.59777777777778	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Global positioning system (GPS), Standard Positioning Service (SPS) or Precise Positioning Service (PPS)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	New Mexico	35
State	New Mexico	35
County	Bernalillo County	001
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	5126.38 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.1 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Rio Puerco	13020204
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	14.95 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	MST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location Bear Arroyo at Jefferson ST at Albq, NM - USGS-08329870