USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
08324000 JEMEZ RIVER NEAR JEMEZ, NM
LOCATION - Lat 35°39'43.14", long 106°44'36.38" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Sandoval County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 13020202, in Canon de San Diego Grant, on left bank 0.7 mi downstream from Rio Guadalupe, 3.5 mi north of Jemez, and at mile 29.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 470 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1712: drainage area. WSP 1923, 1957-58.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - June 1936 to May 1941, August 1949 to October 1950, May 1951 to September 1952 (irrigation seasons only), March 1953 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1732. Published as "Jemez Creek near Jemez," 1936-41.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Concrete control since Dec. 6, 1965. Datum of gage is 5,622 ft above NGVD of 1929, from plane-table survey by Topographic Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1952. June 22, 1936, to Mar. 11, 1937, at site 60 ft upstream at datum 0.50 ft higher. Mar. 12, 1937, to July 8, 1938, at present site at datum 0.7 ft higher. July 9, 1938, to May 6, 1941, at site 60 ft upstream at datum 0.70 ft higher.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum flood since at least 1890 occurred between May 6 and 15, 1941, after gage was destroyed (discharge probably exceeded 6,000 ft³/s), from information by local residents.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1981 to current year.