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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08263500 RIO GRANDE NEAR CERRO, NM
LOCATION - Lat 36°44'24.06", long 105°41'00.39" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Taos County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020101, on left bank 4 mi southwest of Cerro, 5.5 mi northwest of Questa, 7.4 mi upstream from Red River, and at mile 1,693.1.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8,440 mi² of which 2,940 mi² probably is noncontributing. (from the closed basin in San Luis Valley, Colorado)
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NM-80-l: 1978(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1948 to September 1994, October 1995 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 7,110 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2018; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 620,000 acres in Colorado and 7,000 acres in New Mexico.
