USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08480594 MALPAIS SPRING NR OSCURA, NM
Rio Grande aquifer system
Alluvium, Bolson Deposits and Other Surface Deposits
LOCATION - Lat 33°17'15", long 106°18'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.08, T.12 S., R.7 E., Otero County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13050003, on right bank 50 ft downstream from Range Road 9 and 70 mi north of White Sands Missile Range Headquarters.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 2003 to September 2011, July 2015 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 4,150 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.