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USGS 08276500 RIO GRANDE BLW TAOS JUNCTION BRIDGE NEAR TAOS, NM

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 36°19'12.12",   Longitude 105°45'16"   NAD83
Taos County, New Mexico, Hydrologic Unit 13020101
Drainage area: 9,730 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 6,790 square miles,
Datum of gage: 6,050.30 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1991-06-15  2025-10-30  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1925-10-01  2025-10-29  36554 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1925-10-01  2024-12-02 36223 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1925-10  2024-12  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1926  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1926-05-25  2024-05-13  99 
 Field measurements 1937-05-20  2025-09-16  740 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1975-08-07  2023-03-08  333 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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