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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08384500 PECOS RIVER BELOW SUMNER DAM, NM
LOCATION - Lat 34°36'14.6", long 104°23'16.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, De Baca County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13060003, on left bank 1,200 ft downstream from Sumner Dam, 2.9 mi upstream from Salado Creek, 4.6 mi northeast of Guadalupe, 12.2 mi northwest of Fort Sumner, and at mile 701.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,390 mi². (approximate contributing area)
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1512: 1932. WSP 1632: 1942. WSP 1712: 1944.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1912 to April 1926, August 1926 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1312. October 1944 to September 1974, published as "below Alamogordo Dam." Prior to October 1944, published as "near Guadalupe."
GAGE -

Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and Parshall flume, with concrete control above top of flume. Datum of gage is 4145.27 ft above NAVD88 as determined by a GNSS Level II rapid-static survey performed by the USGS on March 31, 2021. Prior to Sept. 10, 1936, at site 1.5 mi upstream at different datum. Sept. 14, 1936, to Mar. 8, 1941, and June 11 to Sept. 21, 1941, at site 0.2 mi downstream at different datums.

REMARKS - Water years 2014-2023; records good except for estimated discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated by Lake Sumner (station 08384000), 0.3 mi upstream, since August 1937 and Santa Rosa Lake (station 08382810), 55.5 mi upstream, since April 1980. Diversions for irrigation of about 12,500 acres, 1959 determination, upstream from station.