Tijeras Arroyo

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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  • 1Rio Grande-Albuquerque
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About the Tijeras Arroyo

This report follows 26 miles (43 km) of the Tijeras Arroyo, all within the Rio Grande-Albuquerque watershed segment. At the lower end of the report the river drains about 130 square miles. Downstream of the mapped reach it flows into the Rio Grande. Largest urban areas near it: Albuquerque. 6 gauges with at least 26 weeks of daily flow cover 1943 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. Rio Grande-Albuquerque

    0 cfs last week, 119 dry days this year.

    Median conductance 1,198 µS/cm in the 2010s. Rain over the last 3 months: 172% 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Surface water withdrawn, 2020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 (Bernalillo): 72,852 acre-feet. County totals include other streams.

UseShareAcre-ft
Irrigated agriculture54%39,564
Public water supply46%33,250
Livestock0%38

State Engineer, New Mexico Water Use by Categories 2020.

Irrigation districts and acequias

  • Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (110,216 acres mapped)

State Engineer's irrigation districts and acequia layers.

Public water systems beside the river

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, Entranosa Water And Wastewater Co-Op, Kirtland Air Force Base, Village of Tijeras, Cedar Crest MDWC & SWA, Tijeras Water Co-Operative

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.