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Rio Fernando de Taos at Hwy 64 bridge - 28RFerna031.7 (21NMEX_WQX-28RFerna031.7) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream intermittent site, maintained by the NM Environmental Dept./SWQB (identifier 21NMEX_WQX), has the name "Rio Fernando de Taos at Hwy 64 bridge - 28RFerna031.7" and has the identifier 21NMEX_WQX-28RFerna031.7. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020101.

This site is located in Taos County County, New Mexico at 36.4181380000 degrees latitude and -105.3427140000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 8917 ft 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_WQX-28RFerna031.7" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

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*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 2011 - 2011
Biological, Counts 2000 - 2000
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2009 - 2009
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2009 - 2009
Microbiological 2009 - 2011
Nutrient 2009 - 2009
Physical 2009 - 2018
Radiochemical 2009 - 2009
*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_WQX
OrganizationFormalName NM Environmental Dept./SWQB
MonitoringLocationIdentifier 21NMEX_WQX-28RFerna031.7
MonitoringLocationName Rio Fernando de Taos at Hwy 64 bridge - 28RFerna031.7
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Intermittent
HUCEightDigitCode 13020101
LatitudeMeasure 36.4181380000
LongitudeMeasure -105.3427140000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolation-Other
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 8917
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 055
ProviderName STORET