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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2024-07-03 2024-11-21
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 332217105445830 is associated with an Atmosphere in Otero County, New Mexico. Current conditions of Precipitation are available. Water data back to 2024 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
332217105445830 n/a
Site name
COW MOUNTAIN RAIN GAGE NEAR RUIDOSO, NM n/a
Site type
Atmosphere
AT
DMS latitude 332219.96 n/a
DMS longitude 1054455.68 n/a
Decimal latitude 33.3722111 n/a
Decimal longitude -105.7488 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
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
Otero County 035
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Ruidoso n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 9361 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1 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 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