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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2013-04-03 2013-04-03
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2012-07-11 2013-11-06
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2012-07-11 2013-11-06
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 2012-07-11 2013-11-06
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2012-07-11 2013-11-06
Nutrient Water-quality 2012-07-11 2013-11-06
Organics, other Water-quality 2012-07-11 2013-11-06
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1930-10-01 2013-11-06
Radiochemistry Water-quality 2012-07-11 2013-11-06
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2013-11-06 2013-11-06
n/a Peak Measurements 1930-10-11 1970-08-05
n/a Site Visits 1939-10-20 1948-09-28
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08388000 is associated with a Stream in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Water data back to 1930 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08388000 n/a
Site name
RIO RUIDOSO AT HONDO, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 332300 n/a
DMS longitude 1051630 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.38342216 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.27554 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
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 5181.38 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 11 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit
13060008
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
290.00 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