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Available Parameters
00054 Reservoir storage(Obs.)  
00065 Gage height(Obs.)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08253900 COSTILLA RESERVOIR NEAR COSTILLA, NM
LOCATION - Lat 36°52'31", long 105°16'47" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Taos County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020101, in Sangre de Cristo Grant, on face of Costilla Dam on Costilla Creek, 16 mi southeast of Costilla, and at mile 34.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 54.6 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1922 to September 1965 (monthend contents only), October 1965 to September 1983, April 1990 to current year. Records prior to October 1960 published in WSP 1732. Prior to October 1966, published as "Costilla Lake near Costilla."
REVISED RECORDS - WSP 1923: drainage area.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 9305.2 ft above NGVD of 1988, from survey.
REMARKS - For water year 2014 to current, records good except for estimated daily storages, which are poor. Reservoir is formed by earthfill dam faced with rock. Storage began in 1920. Diversions for irrigation of about 1,300 acres above reservoir. Reservoir is used for irrigation.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents, 16,500 acre-ft June 1-4, 1994, and June 19-22, 1995, gage height, 107.61 ft; no storage Oct. 1925 to Feb. 1926, Sept. 1956, Aug. 22 to Sept. 24, 1972, July 29 to Sept. 7, 1977.