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<br />Rio Nambe below Nambe Falls Dam, near Nambe, N. Hex.
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<br />Location,--Totalbing flowmeters, lat 35"50'46", long 105"54'11", in NE"SW'''ec, 29, T,19 N.. R.IO E.,
<br />in 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 Media, 4.4 miles southeast of Nambe Pueblo,
<br />and 5.4 miles southeast of N~nbe.
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<br />Drainaqe area.--34.1 sq mi.
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<br />Extremes.--1979, Maximum discharge 312 ft3/s June 9 (gage height, 1.96 feet at site 800 feet downstream);
<br />minimum discharge 0.45 ftJ/s for many days.
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<br />Remarks.--Records are good except those for May, June and JUly, which are fair. Daily discharges for perio"
<br />--,;prrl 17 to August 29 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
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<br /> Month Second- Max imum Minimum Mean Runoff in
<br /> foot-days daily daily acre-feet
<br />January 14.89 0.49 0.48 0.48 30
<br />February 13.51 .49 .48 .48 27
<br />March 15.05 .49 .48 .49 30
<br />April 599.9 48 .49 20,0 1,190
<br />May 1,693 111 28 54.6 3,360
<br />June 3,750 236 91 125 7,440
<br />July 1,231 B3 13 39.7 2,440
<br />August 587 28 11 18.9 1,160
<br />September 248 11 6.5 8.27 492
<br />October 147.5 11 .50 4.76 293
<br />November 39.04 5.9 .45 1.30 77
<br />December 13.95 .45 .45 .45 28
<br />Calendar year 1979 B,J52.B4 236 .45 22.9 16,570
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<br />Rio GranrJe at Otowi Bridge, near San Ilclefonso, fl. Hex.
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<br />Location.--Water_stage recorder, lat 35"52'29", long 106"OB'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 \lest 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 yage at site 180 ft Upstream at datum 2.02 ft lower.
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<br />Drainaqe area.--14,300 sq I<li, approximately (includes 2,940 sq mi in closed basin in San Luis
<br />Valley, Colo.).
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<br />Average discharqe.--80 years (1896-1905, 1910-79) 1,497 ft3/s (1,085,000 acre-ft per year).
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<br />Extremes.--1895_1905, "'10-7', 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 />---nIVersions above station for irrigation of about 600,000 acres in Colorado and 75,000 acres
<br />in New Mexico. Subsequent to May 1971 flow affected by releases of transmountain water frOlll
<br />Heron Reservoir.
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<br /> Monthly and yearly discharge, in cubic feet per seconJ
<br /> Month Second- Maximum Minimum Mean Runoff in
<br /> foot-days daily daily acre-feet
<br />January 17,511 014 433 565 34,730
<br />February 18,185 804 527 649 36,070
<br />Ha rch 52,173 2,570 710 1,683 103,500
<br />April 105,190 5,610 1,290 3,506 208,600
<br />May 205,090 9,850 4,390 6,616 406,800
<br />June 237,420 11,500 5,610 7,914 470,900
<br />July 110,940 5,490 1,560 3,579 220,000
<br />August 36',252 2,000 600 1,169 71,910
<br />September 22,241 1,530 281 741 44,120
<br />October 25,386 1,500 290 81' 50,350
<br />November 4B,540 1,910 1,420 1,618 96,280
<br />December 45,776 1,670 478 1,477 90,800
<br />Calendar year 1979 924,704 11,500 281 2,533 1,834,000
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