Warning: Javascript must be enabled to use all the features on this page!


Page Loading - Please Wait...

Click to hideNews Bulletins

Water-Year Summary for Site 08334000

Click to hide Water-Year Summary instructions and information
  • Water-Year Summary reports summarize a year of hydrologic data in a printer-friendly format.
  • For water years 2014 onward, choose a water year and parameter and an on-demand Water-Year Summary report will be generated.
  • For water years 2006 through 2013, choose a water year and an Annual Water Data Report will be provided.
  • For water years 2005 and earlier, Annual Water Data Reports may be available in digital format.
  • Not all sites have reports available for every water year.
Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
80154 Suspnd sedmnt conc(Mean)  
80155 Suspnd sedmnt disch(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
Print this page
USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08334000 RIO PUERCO ABOVE ARROYO CHICO NEAR GUADALUPE, NM
LOCATION - Lat 35°36'03.2", long 107°09'59.8" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Sandoval County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020204, on right bank 1.6 mi upstream from Arroyo Chico, 5.5 mi northeast of village of Guadalupe, and at mile 106.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 420 mi². (approximately)
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1951 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Datum of gage is 5,950 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 14, 1966, at datum 1.01 ft higher.
REMARKS - Water year 2014; records poor. Water year 2015-2017; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2018; records poor. Water year 2019; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 3,700 acres upstream from station in past years, but present diversion negligible. No flow many days during most years.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of June 29, 1943, probably exceeded 5,000 ft³/s based on records for stations upstream and downstream.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1948-56 (published as "below Cabezon"), 1981-96, 2001 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: July 1948 to June 1956, October 1981 to current year
INSTRUMENTATION - Three automatic pumping sediment samplers.
REMARKS - Daily suspended-sediment samples are collected when flow is sensed on this ephemeral stream.