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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

07215500 MORA RIVER AT LA CUEVA, NM

LOCATION - Lat 35°56'42.42", long 105°15'20.64" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Mora County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 11080004, The old gage discontinued in fall of 2009 is in Mora Grant, on left bank 45 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 518 at La Cueva, 0.3 mi downstream from La Cueva damsite, and at mile 86.8. A new gage was installed about 3 tenths mile upstream and run simultaneously to check for record equivalence. The old gage was shut down as of October 14 2009.

DRAINAGE AREA - 174 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 857: 1937. WSP 1281: 1931(M), 1932. WSP 1511: drainage area. See also PERIOD OF RECORD.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1903 to April 1905 (gage heights and discharge measurements only), May to December 1905, May 1906 to July 1911, April 1931 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311. Records for February to April 1905, published in WSP 173, are unreliable and should not be used.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 7,025 ft above NAVD of 1988, from topographic map. Mar. 10, 1915, to June 4, 1921, water-stage recorder at site 2.8 mi upstream at different datum. July 6, 1921, to Jan. 5, 1929, nonrecording gage or water-stage recorder at site 0.7 mi downstream at datum about 14 ft lower. Jan. 6, 1929, to Apr. 1, 1972, water-stage recorder at site 0.7 mi downstream at datum about 15 ft lower.

REMARKS - Water years 2014-2016; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2017; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 7,000 acres, part of which is downstream from station. No flow at times.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Sept. 29, 1904, may have exceeded 20,000 ft³/s; another major flood occurred June 11, 1913, but is believed to have been less than flood of 1904.