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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08284100 RIO CHAMA NEAR LA PUENTE, NM
LOCATION - Lat 36°39'45.57", long 106°38'00.12" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Rio Arriba County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020102, in Tierra Amarilla Grant, on right bank 0.7 mi downstream from Rito de Tierra Amarilla, 3.1 mi southwest of La Puente, 6.7 road miles on NM highway 112 upstream from outlet of El Vado Reservoir, and at mile 91.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 480 mi². (approximately)
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1955 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Concrete control since Nov. 9, 1965. Elevation of gage is 7,083 ft above NGVD of 1929, from river-profile map.
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2015; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water years 2016-2018; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 10,300 acres upstream from station (1962
determination).
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - A discharge of about 9,000 ft³/s occurred Apr. 16, 1937, based on flow of Rio Chama at Los Ojos (Park View) with allowance for tributary inflow. A peak on May 21 or 22, 1926, may have exceeded 10,000 ft³/s.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1974, 1986 to 2011.
