Rio Ruidoso at Ruidoso, NM - 08386505

Important information about this monitoring location

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.

Location details and information

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	Rio Hondo	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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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds