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<br /> RIO GRDDE COKPACT COIOI188105
<br /> RIO GRAHIE BElD/i ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM. 9E'ft' MEXICO
<br />Location.- swf. Sec. 25. T.o 13 S., R. La w., (aap pr.)jeotion ot land IUM'ey into Pedro Annendarir; Grant) approximately
<br /> ~~UU teet d01m8t"~ from Elephant Butte D8.lIl. outlet..
<br />Meterln& Equipment.- 314" dllmetel' trl!mlWllY cable.. apprDximately 177 teet bet_en wooden "A" trame. equipped with ait-
<br /> Gown ear ana reel.
<br />River Seotion._ Section under cable regular gravel-land bottom. Flow approaohee cable at right angle at .11 stag...
<br /> Cb,IU1Ml aredged winter of 193e...39 connection power plant construotion.
<br />Control.- Control 18 slight river .eotion constrIction about 1150 teet below gage occa.ioned by bridge. and confinement
<br />-ot"""F1Yer ohannel between hill and road grade. Flood d1aoharge into riYer frOlll heed Canyon and CllobUlo Creek, about
<br /> one mila below gage, WQulc oause backwater oonditions at gage. Acouracy nct affected as time of such oonditions
<br /> al..ys known.and oompenaated for by additional meter ~asurements S8 needed.
<br /> No appreciable inflow OCCur8 between location abandoned April 23. 1942 and new gage 0.7 Mile downstream. S8Teral
<br /> small arroyos enter river aboTe pre8ent gage and the one ..bandoned, but intlo. OCOur8 only onoe or twioe during rainy
<br /> aea80n for perioda of only 1/4 to 1/2 hour at timB. Thls Tolwne is mall end can Ill-'Y8 be aocurately elblinated froDl
<br /> record at times of occurrence.
<br />Reglllation.- Plow 18 OODlpletely regulated by storage in Elephant Butte Reservoir. Varying rlTer flow deponding entirely
<br /> upon now thru power plant. or gate control st the dam.
<br />~.- Recorda excellent.
<br />Doy J~. Feb. liar. Apr. "Y Jun. July Aug. Sept. Oot. Nov. Deo.
<br />1 1.010 1.260 1.040 1,_ 1.1~0 1.230 1.070 1.130 1.260 1,160 1.010 1,150
<br />2 1.020 1.270 l.oLo 1,040 959 1.1M 1.1'0 1.200 1.200 1,130 1.0'0 1.160
<br />} 958 1.170 958 1.~0 1.100 1,170 1.160 1.270 1.240 998 1,070 1.090
<br />4 1.020 1.200 .1.020 1.012 1.)20 1.120 1.090 1,300 1.230 1,_ 1.030 1.~0
<br />5 990 1.070 965 1._ 1.140 1.160 1,]30 1,350 1,100 1.160 1.020 I, 0
<br />6 1,050 918 966 1,170 1.140 934 1.200 1,,10 1.180 1.200 1.100 1,050
<br />7 1,300 8}5 90} 1,]60 1,160 1,090 1.:?tO 1,280 1,220 1.160 942 1.130
<br />8 1.Mo 887 995 1.170 1.150 1,130 1.}40 1,120 1.250 1.190 1.090 1,160
<br />9 98} 911 1.020 1.150 1.030 1.140 1.2BO 1.210 1.250 1.1';0 1,120 1.1'0
<br />10 9}1 89} 1.al,0 1.190 1.120 1,1'0 1.280 1,220 1,240 1.150 1.140 1.150
<br />11 9}9 891 1.020 1.050 1.180 1.100 1.170 1,200 1.230 1.)50 1.160 1.160
<br />12 990 B96 1.010 1.170 1,160 1.100 1.170 1,210 1,110 1,220 1.140 1.120
<br />I} 1,010 m 1.040 1,240 1.120 939 1.250 1.220 1.160 1.300 1.140 1.050
<br />14 990 922 898 1.160 1.210 1,~O 1.260 1.190 1,170 1.290 984 1.130
<br />15 1.030 1.010 980 1.210 1.130 1.110 1.170 1.140 1,210 1,250 1.130 1.160
<br />16 1,000 1,000 998 1.200 1._ 1.120 1.2tO 1.1'0 1,220 1.190 1.160 1.130
<br />17 953 980 991 1.1SO 1,120 1,110 1.~OO 1,190 1.230 985 1.180 1.150
<br />18 968 1.010 1.050 1.050 1.130 1,070 1.160 1,200 1.190 1.130 1.300 1.160
<br />19 ')In 1.020 1,_ 1.140 1.120 1.040 1.1SO 1,220 1.],0 1.220 1.300 1,120
<br />20 965 1,020 1._ 1.200 1,080 891 1.210 1.250 1.120 1.220 1.190 1.120
<br />21 921 1.020 984 1.160 1.090 989 1,160 1._ 1,160 1.170 1._ 1,170
<br />22 947 1,0.;0 1,_ 1.130 1.090 1,110 1.160 1.ll0 1.210 1.210 1.180 1,250
<br />23 9}4 1.070 1.150 1.ll0 978 1.]10 1.160 1,160 1.170 1.210 1.200 1.250
<br />24 B42 1.070 1.150 1,090 1.030 1.120 1.170 1.190 1.160 1.150 1.160 1.220
<br />25 922 1.070 1.1'0 979 1,130 l,HO 1.040 1.260 1.130 1.210 1,140 949
<br />26 1.050 l.mO 1.]50 1._ 1,100 1,100 1,190 1.290 914 1.140 1.170 933
<br />27 1.040 1.070 1.180 1._ 1,150 957 1.150 1.2'70 1.160 1.190 1,160 1,,130
<br />28 1.050 ')In 1.090 1.060 1.120 1.020 1.300 1,300 1,130 1.140 953 1.420
<br />~ 1.~0 1._ 1.070 1.100 1,090 1.290 1.~~ l'IlO 1,130 1,120 1:~
<br />l,Qitg },~ 1.090 9B9 1.110 H~ 1.1 1. 0 1.~~g 1,090 1.
<br /> 1 0"0 1 1 0 L10
<br /> Jt:onth Second- 1!aximUlll Minimum. ..~ Run~off in
<br /> foot-days aore-feet
<br />Janu.ry......... ............... . .. . .. ..... . . . .. . .. .... . 31,328 l..~BO B42 1.011 62.140
<br />February.............................................. . 28.527 1,270 835 1.019 56,580
<br />Karch... ........ ... ...... ......... .... .............. ... ,2,208 1.180 898 1.039 63.880
<br />April....... .... ........... ........... ..... ...... ...... 33.451 1.240 979 1.115 66.350
<br />lIlly........... ...... ... ... ..... ..... ...... ......... .... 34.176 1.210 959 1,102 67.790
<br />June.......... ..... .... ........ ...... ... ............... 32.400 1.230 891 1.083 64.420
<br />July........ ......... ...... ........... ... .............. 37.~ 1,340 1.040 1.202 n.B80
<br />August.. ..................... ... .................. ..... 37. 0 1.350 1,110 1.2U. 74,660
<br />Sept_ber............................................. . 35.404 1.260 914 1.160 70.220
<br />Ootober... ...... .......................... ............. 36.012 1.300 9B9 1.162 71,430
<br />:November.............................................. . 33.4e9 1.300 ~ 1.116 66.420
<br />December.............................................. . 35,732 l:~OO 1.153 70,870
<br /> year......... ........ ......... ... .... ........ 407.697 1.500 835 1.117 608.640
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