USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07204000 MORENO CREEK AT EAGLE NEST, NM
LOCATION - Lat 36°33'13.94", long 105°16'04.73" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Colfax County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 11080002, in Maxwell Grant, on right bank 175 ft upstream from U.S. Highway 64, 250 ft northwest of intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and State Highway 38, and about 1,000 ft upstream from high-water line of Eagle Nest Lake at Eagle Nest.
DRAINAGE AREA - 73.8 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1281: 1931(M), 1932, 1935(M), 1939-41(M), 1946-47(M). WSP 1921: drainage area. See also PERIOD OF RECORD.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1928 to October 1955, June 1964 to June 2010 (seasonal records except water year 1932). Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1311. Records for December 1930 to March 1931, published in WSP 732, are unreliable and should not be used. Published as "near Therma," 1928-34.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Concrete control since Oct. 3, 1952. Datum of gage is 8,197.39 ft above NGVD of 1929. See WSP 1921 for history of changes prior to Oct. 26, 1955. Oct. 26, 1955, to Nov. 12, 1974, water-stage recorder at site 160 ft downstream at datum 1.41 ft lower.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge during periods of seasonal operation, 240 ft³/s, Sept. 1, 1946, gage height, 3.10 ft, site and datum then in use; maximum gage height, 3.55 ft, May 12, 1973; no flow at times.