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<br />Rio Nambe below Nambe Falls Dam, near Nambe, N. Mex.
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<br />Location.--Totalizing flowmeters, lat 35050'46", long 105054117", in NE-\SW\ sec. 29, T.19 N., R.10 E.,
<br />1n Nambe Indian Reservation, in outlet conduits at Nambe Falls Dam, 300 feet upstream from Nambe Falls,
<br />2.6 miles upstream from confluence of Rio Nambe and Rio En Medio, 4.4 miles southeast of Nambe Pueblo,
<br />and 5.4 miles southeast of Nambe.
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<br />Drainaqe area.--34.1 sq mi.
<br />Extremes.--l978-80: Maximum discharge, 312 ft3/s June 9, 1979 (gage height, 1.96 feet), at site
<br />1,100 feet downstream; mimimum discharge, 0.21 ft3/s November 12-19, 1980.
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<br />Remarks.--Records good except those for May to November, which are fair. Daily discharges for period
<br />May 3 to November 11 were computed from gage at site 1,100 feet downstream, which included inflow from
<br />the intervening area.
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<br /> Monthly and yearly discharge, in cubic feet per second
<br /> Month Second- Max imum Minimum Mean Runoff in
<br /> foot-days daily daily acre-feet
<br />January 13.96 0.46 0.45 0.45 28
<br />February 13.05 .45 .45 .45 26
<br />March 17 .23 .59 .45 .56 34
<br />April 359.93 30 .59 12.0 714
<br />May 1,214 54 23 39.2 2,410
<br />June 1,645 79 31 54.8 3,260
<br />July 743 45 12 24.0 1,470
<br />August 388.5 19 2.0 12.5 771
<br />September 296.9 14 7.0 9.90 589
<br />October 242.9 15 .85 7.84 482
<br />November 116.14 15 .21 3.87 230
<br />December 15.55 .51 .49 .50 31
<br />Calendar year 1980 5,066.16 79 .21 13.8 10,050
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<br />Rio Grande at Otowi Bridge, near San I1defonso, N. Hex.
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<br />Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat 35052129", long 106008'30", in San Ildefonso Pueblo Grant,
<br />400 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 4, 1.8 miles southwest of San Ildefonso Pueblo,
<br />2.5 miles downstream from pojoaque River, and 6.8 miles west of pojoaque. Datum of gage is
<br />5,488.48 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to May 19, 1904, and July 25 to
<br />Oct. 1, 1904, staff gage at site 180 ft upstream at datum 2.02 ft lower.
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<br />Drainaqe area.--14,300 sq mi, approximately (includes 2,940 sq mi in closed basin in San Luis
<br />Valley, Colo.).
<br />Averaqe discharqe.--81 years (1896-1905, 1910-80) 1,503 ft3/s (l,089,000 acre-ft per year).
<br />Extremes.--1895-1905, 1910-80: Maximum discharge, 24,400 ft3/s May 23, 1920 (gage height, 14.1 ft);
<br />minimum daily, 60 ft3/s July 4, 5, 1902.
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<br />Remarks.--Records good. Flow partly regulated by Heron, El Vado, and Abiquiu Reservoirs.
<br />Diversions above station for irrigation of about 620,000 acres in Colorado and 75,000 acres
<br />in New Mexico. Subsequent to May 1971 flow affected by releases of transmountain water from
<br />Heron Reservoir.
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<br /> Monthly and yearly discharge, in cubic feet per second
<br /> Month Second- Max imum Minimum Mean Runoff in
<br /> foot-days daily daily acre-feet
<br />January 21,001 805 532 677 41,660
<br />February 25,127 1,190 707 866 49,840
<br />March 31,558 1,300 796 1,018 62,600
<br />April 77,101 4,620 968 2,570 152,900
<br />May 196,070 7,980 4,840 6,351 390,500
<br />June 178,290 7,490 4,180 5,943 353,600
<br />July 60,589 4,070 786 1,954 120,200
<br />August 24,372 1,340 255 786 48,340
<br />September 16,356 1,050 255 545 32,440
<br />October 15,202 895 318 490 30,150
<br />November 38,879 1,490 429 1,296 77,120
<br />December 43,120 1,950 1,020 1,391 85,530
<br />Calendar year 1980 728,465 7,980 255 1,990 1,445,000
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