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WQP Home >  Providers >  STORET >  21NMEX_WQX >  21NMEX_WQX-Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170

Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170 (21NMEX_WQX-Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170) 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 "Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170" and has the identifier 21NMEX_WQX-Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)13020202.

This site is located in Sandoval County County, New Mexico at 35.9360310400 degrees latitude and -106.7904592000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 7858 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-Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170" 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*
Biological, Counts 2021 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2021 - 2021
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2021 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2021 - 2021
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2021 - 2021
Microbiological 2021 - 2021
Nutrient 2021 - 2021
Physical 2021 - 2021
Radiochemical 2021 - 2021
*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-Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170
MonitoringLocationName Rio de las Vacas - NM21-11170
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream Perennial
HUCEightDigitCode 13020202
LatitudeMeasure 35.9360310400
LongitudeMeasure -106.7904592000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 83
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 7858
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName GPS Code (Pseudo Range) Differential
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NGVD29
CountryCode US
StateCode 35
CountyCode 043
ProviderName STORET