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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NMEX_WQX >  21NMEX_WQX-48Salad0001.1

Salado Canyon at Salado Canyon Trestle - 48Salad0001.1 (21NMEX_WQX-48Salad0001.1) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This river/stream perennial site, maintained by the NM Environmental Dept./SWQB (identifier 21NMEX_WQX), has the name "Salado Canyon at Salado Canyon Trestle - 48Salad0001.1" and has the identifier 21NMEX_WQX-48Salad0001.1. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13050003.

This site is located in Otero County County, New Mexico at 32.9591600000 degrees latitude and -105.8663200000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 5604 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-48Salad0001.1" 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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2023 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2023 - 2024
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2023 - 2024
Microbiological 2023 - 2024
Nutrient 2023 - 2024
Physical 2023 - 2024
Radiochemical 2023 - 2024
*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-48Salad0001.1
MonitoringLocationName Salado Canyon at Salado Canyon Trestle - 48Salad0001.1
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
HUCEightDigitCode 13050003
LatitudeMeasure 32.9591600000
LongitudeMeasure -105.8663200000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 83
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 5604
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 035
ProviderName STORET