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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07199450 LAKE MALOYA NEAR RATON, NM
LOCATION - Lat 36°59'01.80", long 104°22'26" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Colfax County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 11080001, in Maxwell Grant, near spillway of dam on Chicorica Creek, 6.5 mi northeast of Raton, and at mile 21.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 20.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1975 to September 1987 (monthend contents only), October 1987 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of elevation is NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
COOPERATION - Diversion, spillage, and release data provided by city of Raton.
REMARKS - For water year 2014 to current, records good except for estimated reservoir contents, which are poor. Reservoir is formed by an earthfill dam, completed in 1907, capacity, 59 acre-ft. Reservoir enlarged in 1916, capacity, 1,130 acre-ft, spillway elevation, 7,479.0 ft. Reservoir enlarged again in 1948, capacity, 3,690 acre-ft, spillway elevation, 7,511.0 ft. Elevation of lowest outlet, 7,439.0 ft. No dead storage. Water is for municipal use of City of Raton.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 3,970 acre-ft, May 31, 1975, elevation, 7,510.79 ft, capacity table then in use; maximum elevation observed, 7,513.01 ft, May 29, 1995; minimum observed, 911 acre-ft, Feb. 28, 1979, elevation, 7,479.85 ft.
