Eagle Tail Canal in New Mexico
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Eagle Tail Canal is a 7.3 mile canal. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Eagle Tail Ditch near Maxwell, NM (site 07202500). The mapped line runs from 36.7024, -104.4996 to 36.6485, -104.5594. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1945 to 2025
Eagle Tail Canal typically runs highest in May, at a median 2.9 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 236 cfs, in 2015.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0.3 | 0.0 to 2.4 |
| February | 0.3 | 0.0 to 2.4 |
| March | 0.5 | 0.0 to 5.5 |
| April | 1.2 | 0.0 to 13 |
| May | 2.9 | 0.0 to 19 |
| June | 0.6 | 0.0 to 8.0 |
| July | 0.4 | 0.0 to 4.0 |
| August | 1.1 | 0.0 to 6.2 |
| September | 0.2 | 0.0 to 2.6 |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.5 |
| November | 0.2 | 0.0 to 2.8 |
| December | 0.4 | 0.0 to 2.2 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 56 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Eagle Tail Ditch near Maxwell, NM (site 07202500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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