Rio Pueblo

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 Rio Pueblo

This report follows 23 miles (38 km) of the Rio Pueblo, all within the Upper Rio Grande watershed segment. At the lower end of the report the river drains about 144 square miles. Downstream of the mapped reach it flows into the Embudo Creek. 2 gauges with at least 26 weeks of daily flow cover 1936 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. Upper Rio Grande

    43 cfs last week much above normal.

    Acequias: Acequia Madre De Santa Barbara.

    Median conductance 368 µS/cm in the 2020s. Rain over the last 3 months: 174% of normal.

Culture

Acequias

  • Acequia Madre De Santa Barbara

From the State Engineer's acequia map, which covers mainly northern New Mexico, and cited records of acequia governance. Within 1.5 km of the river.

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Surface water withdrawn, 2020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.

UseShareAcre-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.

Irrigation districts and acequias

State Engineer's irrigation districts and acequia layers.

Public water systems beside the river

Chamisal MDWCA, Penasco MDWCA, Rio Lucio MDWCA, Vadito MDWCA

State Engineer's public water systems layer (service areas within 2 km).

Sources

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