Table 1.  Comparison of traditional and automated crest-stage gage data in New Mexico.

[psi, pounds per square inch]

U.S. Geological
Survey station
name

U.S. Geological
Survey station
number

Traditional
crest-stage
 gage
observed
stage,
in feet

Automated
crest-stage
gage
recorded
stage,
in feet

Stage
difference,
in feet

Accuracy, stage
difference as
percentage
of transducer range (30 psi),
0–69 feet

Type of
transducer

Raton Creek at Raton

07201000

1.08

0.83

-0.25

-0.36

Absolute

Sand Draw near Clayton

07227300

4.57

4.48

-0.09

-0.13

Absolute

Running Water Draw near Clovis

08080600

2.72

2.76

+0.04

0.06

Absolute

San Cristobal Arroyo near Galisteo

08317600

1.72

1.94

1.03

1.12

1.73

1.94

0.91

1.03

+0.01

+0.00

-0.12

-0.09

0.01

0.00

-0.17

-0.13

Absolute

San Pedro Creek near Golden

08318900

1.28

1.01

-0.27

-0.39

Absolute

Tecolote Creek at Tecolote

08379600

1.92

1.71

-0.21

-0.30

Absolute

Yeso Creek near Fort Sumner

08385600

5.14

4.40

3.57

5.10

4.47

3.52

-0.04

+0.07

-0.02

-0.06

0.10

-0.03

Differential
(vented)
Absolute

Big Draw near Mountainair

08489000

2.35

2.33

-0.02

-0.03

Absolute

Gobernador Canyon near Gobernador

09355799

1.24

0.95

-0.29

-0.42

Absolute

Burro Canyon near Lindrith

09356520

1.92

1.50

-0.42

-0.61

Absolute

Galestena Canyon tributary near Black Rock

09387050

0.59

0.64

+0.05

0.07

Absolute

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