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CINDER CONE LAKE NR QUEMADO, NM (USGS-09386187) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS New Mexico Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NM), has the name "CINDER CONE LAKE NR QUEMADO, NM" and has the identifier USGS-09386187. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15020003. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Catron County County, New Mexico at 34.44512500000000 degrees latitude and -108.7693722000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." and the accuracy is .5 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 6217.90 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Differentially corrected Global Positioning System." is .1 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1985 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1985 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1985 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1985 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1985 - 2019
Nutrient 1985 - 1987
Physical 1985 - 2019
Radiochemical 2019 - 2019
Stable Isotopes 2019 - 2019
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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NM
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Mexico Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-09386187
MonitoringLocationName CINDER CONE LAKE NR QUEMADO, NM
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 15020003
LatitudeMeasure 34.44512500000000
LongitudeMeasure -108.7693722000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .5
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 6217.90
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Differentially corrected Global Positioning System.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 003
ProviderName NWIS