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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NMEX_WQX >  21NMEX_WQX-57RRuido030.5

Rio Ruidoso @ CR E002 - 57RRuido030.5 (21NMEX_WQX-57RRuido030.5) 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_WQX), has the name "Rio Ruidoso @ CR E002 - 57RRuido030.5" and has the identifier 21NMEX_WQX-57RRuido030.5. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13060008.

This site is located in Lincoln County County, New Mexico at 33.3625890000 degrees latitude and -105.5393290000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 1861 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_WQX-57RRuido030.5" 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, Photosynthetic Pigments 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2012 - 2012
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2012 - 2012
Microbiological 2012 - 2012
Nutrient 2012 - 2012
Organics, Other 2012 - 2012
Organics, Pesticide 2012 - 2012
Physical 2012 - 2012
Radiochemical 2012 - 2012
Stable Isotopes 2012 - 2012
*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-57RRuido030.5
MonitoringLocationName Rio Ruidoso @ CR E002 - 57RRuido030.5
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 13060008
LatitudeMeasure 33.3625890000
LongitudeMeasure -105.5393290000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 1861
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode m
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 027
ProviderName STORET