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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08265000 RED RIVER NEAR QUESTA, NM
LOCATION - Lat 36°42'11.92", long 105°34'06.35" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Taos County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020101, in Carson National Forest, on left bank 1.3 mi upstream from Cabresto Creek, 1.5 mi east of Questa, and at mile 9.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 113 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 808: 1935. WSP 1392: 1913, 1932, 1941, 1947-48. WSP 1712: drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April to October 1910 and January to September 1911 (gage heights and discharge measurements only), October 1912 to March 1924, May 1924 to September 1925, January to March 1926, September 1926 to current year. Monthly discharges only for some periods, published in WSP 1312. Published as "Rio Colorado above Questa" 1910-11 and 1926-30, and as "Rio Colorado near Questa" 1912-25, 1930-48.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Wood or concrete control since Mar. 20, 1936. Datum of gage is 7,451.92 ft above NGVD of 1929. See WSP 1923 for history of changes prior to Oct. 4, 1938.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water years 2015-2017; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water years 2018-2019; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of a few hundred acres upstream from station. Figures of discharge do not include flow in South ditch, which diverts from left bank 1,500 ft upstream and bypasses gage for irrigation and stock water downstream. Jan. 1966 to Dec. 1991, surface- and ground-water diversions by Molybdenum Corp. of America (Molycorp) mine 5.5 mi upstream bypassed gage in tailings pipelines on left bank and discharged into settling pond 3 mi downstream. Effluent from this pond entered Red River as surface water and was included in discharge at Red River below Fish Hatchery, near Questa (station 08266820).
