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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2023-06-09 2024-11-21
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Monitoring location 08386970 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Current conditions of Gage height, Specific conductance, Temperature, and more are available. Water data back to 2023 are available online.

The elevation of this station has been determined to be 6684.75 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
08386970 n/a
Site name
GAVILAN CANYON AT SKUNK CANYON NR HOLLYWOOD, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 332041.57 n/a
DMS longitude 1053838.08 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.34488056 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.6439111 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 NENES23 T11S R13E N n/a
Name of location map RUIDOSO, NM n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 6684.75 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .15 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
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 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