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Available Parameters
00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.)  
62614 Elevation, lake/res, NGVD29(Obs.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08341400 BLUEWATER LAKE NEAR BLUEWATER, NM
LOCATION - Lat 35°17'33.32", long 108°06'41.42" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Cibola County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020207, at right end of Bluewater Dam on Bluewater Creek, and 9.5 mi west of Bluewater.
DRAINAGE AREA - 201 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1927 to December 1950 (monthend contents only, published in WSP 1732), April 1958 to current year (monthend contents only).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 7,345.57 ft above NGVD of 1929. July 1958 to Jan. 1961, nonrecording gage at nearby site, same datum. Gage heights have been converted to elevations.
REMARKS - For water year 2014 to current, records good except for estimated daily contents, which are poor. Lake is formed by concrete arch dam. Storage began in 1927. Capacity, 38,500 acre-ft, survey of 1945 at elevation 7,402.6 ft, crest of uncontrolled siphon spillway, which is vented to avoid drawdown below crest, and 44,200 acre-ft, at elevation 7,405.6 ft, crest of ungated spillway over dam. Capacity table used through 1944 showed a capacity of 50,300 acre-ft at crest of ungated spillway over dam, and that used from 1945-50, 43,500 acre-ft. Tables used prior to 1958 are not available and no adjustments are made for changes in tables. Dead storage, 3.4 acre-ft at elevation 7,345.4 ft, sill of lower outlet tube. Lake not usually drawn below conservation-pool-level elevation, 7,365.36 ft, below which ownership is by State Game and Fish Department. Above this level, water is owned and used by Bluewater-Toltec Irrigation Co. Figures given herein represent total contents at 2400 hours.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents determined, 47,100 acre-ft, Apr. 30, 1941. Contents may have been greater on Apr. 28, 1941, when peak discharge of 800 ft³/s occurred at station 8 mi downstream; no storage at times prior to 1947.