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.
USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08481500 TULAROSA CREEK NEAR BENT, NM
LOCATION - Lat 33°08'41.6", long 105°53'52.45" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Otero County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13050003, on right bank, 45 ft downstream from bridge on old U.S. Highway 70, 2.6 mi west of Bent, 8.5 mi northeast of Tularosa, and at mile 19.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 120 mi². (approximately)
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1312: 1949 (M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 1947 to November 1996, April 2002 to current year. Prior to October 1982 published as "Rio Tularosa near Bent."
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and concrete control. Elevation of gage is 5,450 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Dec. 21, 1982, water-stage recorder at site 200 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2023; records good except for estimated discharges, which are fair.
Diversions for irrigation of about 1,000 acres, 1959 determination, upstream from station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - A major flood probably occurred Sept. 3, 1938, when a peak of 9,640 ft³/s was computed for station approximately 6 mi downstream near Tularosa. Another flood may have occurred July 2, 1914.
