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Rio Puerco in New Mexico

River48.4 mi

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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Rio Puerco is a 48.4 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio Puerco near Bernardo, NM (site 08353000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2022

Rio Puerco typically runs highest in August, at a median 10 cfs, and lowest in January, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,000 cfs, in 2013.

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Typical flow by month at Rio Puerco near Bernardo, NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January0.00.0 to 0.1
February0.00.0 to 2.4
March0.00.0 to 3.4
April0.00.0 to 0.7
May0.20.0 to 23
June0.00.0 to 0.2
July0.00.0 to 23
August100.0 to 113
September0.30.0 to 23
October0.00.0 to 1.4
November0.00.0 to 0.0
December0.00.0 to 0.0

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 82 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Puerco near Bernardo, NM (site 08353000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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