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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09442680 SAN FRANCISCO RIVER NEAR RESERVE, NM
LOCATION - Lat 33°44'12.19", long 108°46'16.23" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Catron County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 15040004, on left bank 1,300 ft downstream from Rainbow Bridge Canyon, 1.7 mi northwest of Reserve, and at mile 563.1.
DRAINAGE AREA - 332 mi².  
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR NM-78-1: 1977. WDR NM-84-1: 1973, 1979-80. Drainage area was revised to a more accurate value on Aug. 21, 2020.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1959 to June 2018.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5,820 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to Dec. 15, 1972, at site 480 ft upstream at different datum. From Dec. 15, 1972 to Oct. 1, 2005, at site 1,320 ft downstream at different datum.
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2018; records poor. Possible minor regulation by Luna Lake, 27 mi upstream. Diversions for irrigation of about 280 acres upstream from station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage, about 15 ft, as determined in 1962 from old floodmarks. Major floods of Nov. 26, 1905, and Dec. 3, 1906, exceeded 20,000 ft³/s at Alma (downstream). See WSP 1313.