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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2003-04-08 2013-04-02
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2012-07-12 2013-11-05
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2012-07-12 2013-11-05
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2012-07-12 2013-11-05
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2012-07-12 2013-11-05
Nutrient Water-quality 2012-07-12 2013-11-05
Organics, other Water-quality 2012-07-12 2013-11-05
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1998-10-30 2024-11-20
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2012-07-12 2013-11-05
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2013-11-05 2013-11-05
n/a Peak Measurements 2000-07-07 2023-07-15
n/a Site Visits 1999-02-24 2024-05-31
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08386505 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Precipitation are available. Water data back to 1998 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 7163.91 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
08386505 n/a
Site name
RIO RUIDOSO AT RUIDOSO, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 332011.51 n/a
DMS longitude 1054334.71 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.33653056 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.7263083 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
Lincoln County 027
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 7163.91 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .16 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
13060008
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
18.3 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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