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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08316000 SANTA FE RIVER NEAR SANTA FE, NM
LOCATION - Lat 35°41'11.2", long 105°50'37" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Santa Fe County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020201, in Santa Fe National Forest, on left bank 0.4 mi downstream from McClure Dam, 5.3 mi east of Santa Fe, and at mile 36.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 18.2 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1512: 1933, 1936-37(M), 1942, drainage area. WSP 1732: 1923, 1925. WDR NM-75-1: 1927.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1910, January 1913 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1312. Prior to October 1953, published as "Santa Fe Creek near Santa Fe."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, concrete control and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 7,720 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. See WSP 1312 for history of changes prior to Oct. 1, 1947.
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2017; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good. Flow regulated by McClure Reservoir (station 08315500), completed in 1926, raised in 1935, 1947, and again in 1989.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Peaks that probably exceeded 1,000 ft³/s occurred Aug. 19, 1872, and Sept. 29 or 30, 1904. Without regulation, the flood of Sept. 23, 1929, might have exceeded 1,500 ft³/s.