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RINCON DRAIN AT RIO GRANDE, NEAR RINCON, NM (USGS-323410106594403) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS New Mexico Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NM), has the name "RINCON DRAIN AT RIO GRANDE, NEAR RINCON, NM" and has the identifier USGS-323410106594403. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13030102. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site.

This site is located in Dona Ana County County, New Mexico at 32.56952905000000 degrees latitude and -106.9961250000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown. This site is at an elevation of 3995 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "Interpolated from topographic map." is 20 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NGVD29.

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Information 1994 - 1995
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1994 - 1995
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1994 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1994 - 1995
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1994 - 1995
Nutrient 1994 - 1995
Organics, Other 1994 - 1995
Organics, PCBs 1995 - 1995
Organics, Pesticide 1994 - 1995
Physical 1994 - 1995
Radiochemical 1994 - 1995
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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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-323410106594403
MonitoringLocationName RINCON DRAIN AT RIO GRANDE, NEAR RINCON, NM
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 13030102
LatitudeMeasure 32.56952905000000
LongitudeMeasure -106.9961250000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3995
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 20
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from topographic map.
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 013
ProviderName NWIS