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

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08331510 RIO GRANDE AT HWY 346 NEAR BOSQUE, NM
LOCATION - Lat 34°32'42", long 106°45'47" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Valencia County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020203, on the State Highway 346 bridge 0.2 mile west of State Highway 304, 1.8 mile southeast of Bosque on downstream side of bridge on US Highway 346, 5.4 miles downstream of Belen.
DRAINAGE AREA - 18,406 mi² of which 3,040 mi² probably is noncontributing.  
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2005 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 4,860 ft above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Water years 2014-2019; records fair except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated since Nov. 1973 by Cochiti Dam (station 08317300), 54 mi upstream. Possible regulation by operation of reservoirs on Rio Chama and by flood- and silt-detention reservoirs on Galisteo Creek and Jemez River (stations 08285000, 08286900, 08317900, 08328500). Since May 1971, flow affected by release of transmountain water from Heron Reservoir (station 08284510). Diversions upstream from station for irrigation of about 718,000 acres, several of which are downstream from station.