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Water-Year Summary for Site 08390800

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08390800 RIO HONDO BELOW DIAMOND A DAM, NEAR ROSWELL, NM
LOCATION - Lat 33°17'59.53", long 104°43'18.03" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Chaves County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13060008, on left bank 500 ft downstream from outlet conduit of Diamond A Dam (Two Rivers Reservoir), 13 mi southwest of Roswell, and at mile 33.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 963 mi². (contributing area)
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1963 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry, concrete control, and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 3,949.68 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers benchmark).
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2020; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water years 2021-2022; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Diversions and ground-water withdrawals for irrigation of about 6,500 acres, 1959 determination, upstream from station. This record represents the outflow from Two Rivers Reservoir through Diamond A Dam 0.1 mi upstream; flow from reservoir can also be discharged into Rocky Arroyo through Rocky Dam (see REMARKS for station 08390600).