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<br />RiO GRANDE COMPACT COMMISSION REPORT
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<br />Jemez River below Jemez Canyon Dam, N. Mex.
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<br />Location. --wateri-sthatgeb nkrecorder, lat 35023' lOll, long 10603114511, in NEk sec. 5, T. 13 N.,
<br />RI 4 E., on r g a three-quarters of a mile downstream from Jemez Canyon Dam
<br />12 miles upstream from mouth, and 6 miles north of Bernalillo. Datum of gage is'
<br />OP95.60 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to Apr. 24, 1951, at site
<br />three-quarters of a mile upstream at datum 24.51 ft higher. Apr. 24, 1951, to June
<br />25, 1958, at site 37 ft upstream at datum 4.40 ft higher.
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<br />Drainage area.--l,034 sq mi.
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<br />Average diseharge.--17 years (1937, 1944-59),49.8 efs (36,050 acre-ft per year).
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<br />Extremes.--1937,1944-59: Maximum discharge (revised), 16,300 cfs Aug. 29, 1943 (gage
<br />height, 5.62 ft); no flow at times.
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<br />Remarks.--Records poor. Flow regulated by Jemez Canyon Dam since October 1953. Diver-
<br />sions for irrigation of about 3,000 acres above station.
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<br /> Monthly and vearlv dischar~e in cubic feet per second
<br /> Second- Max.imum Minimum Runoff
<br /> Month Mean in
<br /> foot-days daily daily Acre-feet
<br />January. 722 55 2 23.3 1,430
<br />February . 611 59 1.1 21.8 1,210
<br />March. . . 1,081 84 18 34.9 2,140
<br />April. . . 2,820 160 18 94.0 5,590
<br />May. . . . . . . . 2,617.9 483 .2 84.4 5,190
<br />June 3.2 .4 0 .11 6.3
<br />July 125.9 62 0 4.06 250
<br />August . 4,138.4 1,120 .1 133 8,210
<br />September. 5.3 2.0 0 1. 77 11
<br />October. . 329.5 122 0 10.5 646
<br />November . . . 985 88 14 32.8 1,950
<br />December 1 054 61 14 34.0 2 090
<br />Ca enuar year lSb';:l . . 14,~~ .l,l~U u 09'.7 <O,IW
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<br />Rio Grande below Elephant Butte Dam, N. Mex.
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<br />Location.--Water-stage recorder, lat 33'08'45", long 107'12'20", in SW~ sec. 25, T. 13 S.,
<br />R. 4 W., [prOjected), in Pedro Armendariz Grant, on left bank 1.0 mile downstream from
<br />dam and 12 miles upstream from Cuchillo Negro River. Datu~ of gage is 4,242.09 ft
<br />above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Prior to Apr. 23, 1942, at several different
<br />sites and datums.
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<br />Drainage area.--28,900 sq mi, approximately (includes 2,940 sq mi in closed basin in
<br />San Luis Valley, Colo.
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<br />Average discharge.--43 years (1917-59), 1,060 cfs (767,400 acre-ft per year).
<br />
<br />Extremes.--1917-59: Maximum daily discharge, 8,220 cfs May 22, 1942; no flow at times
<br />prior to 1929.
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<br />Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by Elephant Butte Reservoir. Diversions for
<br />irrigation of about 800,000 acres above station.
<br />
<br /> Monthly and vearlv dischar.o:e in cubic feet per second
<br /> Second- Maximum Minimum Runoff
<br /> Month Mean in
<br /> foot-days daily daily Acre-feet
<br />January. . 23,995 1,190 551 774 47,590
<br />February . . 31,370 1,180 1,040 1,120 62,220
<br />March. . . 39,003 1,340 SOO 1,258 77,360
<br />April. . 27,750 951 888 925 55,040
<br />May. . . 20,577 683 652 664 40,810
<br />June . . . 36,300 2,060 1,150 1,210 72,000
<br />July . . . 63,960 2,080 2,020 2,063 126,900
<br />August 38,712 1,880 640 1,249 76,780
<br />September. . . . 20,102 733 616 670 39,870
<br />October. . . . . 8,020 751 10 259 15,910
<br />November . . 314 49 8.2 10.5 ~~3
<br />December . 275.8 9.4 8.2 8 90 47
<br />calenoar year 190';:1 . . . 310,378.8 2,080 8.2 850 615,600
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