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Water-Year Summary for Site 08255500

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08255500 COSTILLA CREEK NEAR COSTILLA, NM
LOCATION - Lat 36°58'00.7", long 105°30'25.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Taos County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020101, in Sangre de Cristo Grant, on right bank 70 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 196, 0.5 mi upstream from diversion dam, 1.6 mi southeast of Costilla, and at mile 15.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 195 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1312: 1937-39(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1936 to current year (no winter records 1936-41 and 1943). Monthly discharge only for March 1943 and water-year estimate for 1943, published in WSP 1312.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Concrete control since Oct. 13, 1952. Elevation of gage is 7,936 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map. Prior to June 18, 1944, at site 200 ft downstream at different datum. June 18, 1944, to Sept. 30, 1964, at site 0.4 mi upstream at different datum.
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2020; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Water year 2020; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by Costilla Reservoir (station 08253900) 19 mi upstream. Diversions for irrigation of about 2,000 acres upstream from station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - A major flood occurred in 1886, from information by local residents.