Alamitos Creek

Streamflow, conditions and background by watershed segment. Data through November 1, 2026.

Where it is

Segments are the HUC8 watersheds the gauges sit in, numbered upstream to downstream. Use the buttons to switch between the state and the river.

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About the Alamitos Creek

This report follows 7 miles (11 km) of the Alamitos Creek, all within the Upper Rio Grande watershed segment. At the lower end of the report the river drains about 11 square miles. Downstream of the mapped reach it flows into the Rio Pueblo. 3 gauges with at least 26 weeks of daily flow cover 2025 to 2026.

From the archive: NHDPlus river network, WBD watersheds, NHD waterbodies, TIGER urban areas and the report's gauges.

From the headwaters down

Each watershed segment in order, with last week's flow rated against the same week in 1991–2020.

  1. Segment 1: Upper Rio Grande

    No data last week, 24 dry days this year.

    Median conductance 256 µS/cm in the 2010s. Rain over the last 3 months: 174% of normal.

Reservoirs

No reservoir with 500 acre-feet or more of storage on this river in the National Inventory of Dams.

Water users

Surface water withdrawn, 2020

In the counties this river crosses (Mora, Taos): 107,195 acre-feet. County totals include other streams.

Surface-water withdrawals by use
UseShare (bar)ShareAcre-ft
Irrigated agriculture90%96,282
Commercial10%10,233
Reservoir evaporation0%442
Livestock0%177
Public water supply0%62

State Engineer, New Mexico Water Use by Categories 2020.

Sources

Numbered sources for the statements above, as they were read when the page was prepared.