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Water-Year Summary for Site 08385000

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
08385000 FORT SUMNER MAIN CANAL NEAR FORT SUMNER, NM
LOCATION - Lat 34°30'29.8", long 104°16'42.1" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, De Baca County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13060003,

on right bank of concrete canal, 2000 ft downstream from diversion dam on Pecos River, 3.25 mi northwest of Fort Sumner,

and at Pecos River mile 685.8. Gage was moved from location 200 ft downstream of diversion to it's current location on

2/16/2017.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1939 to February 1943 (published in WSP 1732), April 1954 to current year (monthly discharge only prior to October 1965).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry. Elevation of gage is 4,034.7 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Bureau of Reclamation benchmark). Prior to Mar. 1954, at site 2.4 mi downstream at different datum. Apr. 1954 to Mar. 1965, at site 1.1 mi downstream at datum 1.7 ft lower.
REMARKS - Water years 2014 to 2017 and 2019; records poor. Water year 2018; record fair. Water years 2020 to 2022; records good except for estimated discharges, which are fair. Canal diverts water from Pecos River for irrigation of about 6,600 acres, 1961 determination, by the Fort Sumner Irrigation District. No flow many days each year.