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Tularosa River at Forest Road 233 (21NMEX-80TULARO017.4) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the NM Environmental Dept./SWQB (identifier 21NMEX), has the name "Tularosa River at Forest Road 233" and has the identifier 21NMEX-80TULARO017.4. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15040004.

This site is located in Catron County County, New Mexico at 33.7350000 degrees latitude and -108.6997200 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1981 m No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "21NMEX-80TULARO017.4" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1998 - 1998
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1998 - 1998
Nutrient 1998 - 1999
Organics, Other 1998 - 1999
Physical 1998 - 1999
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier 21NMEX
OrganizationFormalName NM Environmental Dept./SWQB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NMEX-80TULARO017.4
MonitoringLocationName Tularosa River at Forest Road 233
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 15040004
LatitudeMeasure 33.7350000
LongitudeMeasure -108.6997200
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Map
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1981
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName Topographic Map Interpolation
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName UNKWN
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 003
ProviderName STORET