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  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. To learn more, read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog.
Important Legacy real-time page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Unit Values, Water-quality 1970-10-06 2024-11-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1960-10-01 2015-02-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1960-10-01 2015-02-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1963-08-01 2015-02-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1963-08-01 2015-02-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1969-07-01 1981-05-28
Nutrient Water-quality 1960-10-01 2015-02-26
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1980-11-19 1981-05-28
Organics, other Water-quality 1972-07-11 1983-05-09
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1980-11-19 1981-05-28
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1914-10-01 2024-11-26
Population/Community Water-quality 1980-11-19 1980-11-19
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1980-09-01 1981-06-24
Sediment Water-quality 1969-07-01 1981-05-28
Stable Isotopes Water-quality 2015-02-26 2015-02-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1919-09-01 2022-10-12
n/a Site Visits 1937-06-01 2024-06-27
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 08406500 is associated with a Stream in Eddy County, New Mexico. Current conditions of DCP battery voltage, Discharge, Gage height, and more are available. Water data back to 1914 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
08406500 n/a
Site name
PECOS RIVER NEAR MALAGA, NM n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 321227.15 n/a
DMS longitude 1040125.95 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.20754167 n/a
Decimal longitude -104.023875 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New Mexico 35
State
New Mexico 35
County
Eddy County 015
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map n/a
Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2895.87 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .10 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
13060011
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
19190 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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Pecos River Compact Commission
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