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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2003-03-12 2011-05-04
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1961-10-17 1961-10-17
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1939-03-29 2024-11-15
n/a Peak Measurements 1988-09-22 2016-03-08
n/a Site Visits 1969-04-01 2024-10-25
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08385000 is associated with a Canal in De Baca County, New Mexico. Current conditions of Gage height are available. Water data back to 1939 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 4036.10 feet above NAVD 1988. To obtain stream water-surface elevation values in NAVD 1988 add this value to gage height values.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08385000 n/a
Site name
FORT SUMNER MAIN CANAL NEAR FORT SUMNER, NM n/a
Site type
Canal
ST-CA
DMS latitude 343029.8 n/a
DMS longitude 1041642.1 n/a
Decimal latitude 34.50827778 n/a
Decimal longitude -104.2783611 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
De Baca County 011
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 4036.10 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
13060003
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
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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