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ELEPHANT BUTTE RES AT ELEPHANT BUTTE N. MEX. (USGS-08360500) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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

This lake, reservoir, impoundment site, maintained by the USGS New Mexico Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NM), has the name "ELEPHANT BUTTE RES AT ELEPHANT BUTTE N. MEX." and has the identifier USGS-08360500. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13030101. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 29445 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 26505 sq mi.

This site is located in Sierra County County, New Mexico at 33.15354167000000 degrees latitude and -107.1917056000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is Unknown Unknown.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-08360500" 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

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Counts 1975 - 1975
*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 USGS-NM
OrganizationFormalName USGS New Mexico Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-08360500
MonitoringLocationName ELEPHANT BUTTE RES AT ELEPHANT BUTTE N. MEX.
MonitoringLocationTypeName Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
HUCEightDigitCode 13030101
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 29445
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 26505
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 33.15354167000000
LongitudeMeasure -107.1917056000000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue Unknown
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode Unknown
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 051
ProviderName NWIS