About this river
Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito is a 2.4 mile canal near Eagle Nest Cabins & Marina in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio Grande Del Rancho near Talpa, NM (site 08275500). The mapped line runs from 36.3364, -105.5853 to 36.3641, -105.6029. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1953 to 2026
Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito typically runs highest in May, at a median 67 cfs, and lowest in January, at 4.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 590 cfs, in 1991.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5 | 3.6 to 5.6 | |
| February | 4.9 | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| March | 6.8 | 5.5 to 9.0 | |
| April | 22 | 13 to 32 | |
| May | 67 | 30 to 115 | |
| June | 27 | 12 to 55 | |
| July | 9.7 | 5.5 to 15 | |
| August | 7.7 | 4.8 to 13 | |
| September | 5.7 | 3.6 to 9.0 | |
| October | 5.7 | 4.0 to 8.1 | |
| November | 5.5 | 4.1 to 7.2 | |
| December | 4.8 | 3.8 to 6.1 |
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 70 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Grande Del Rancho near Talpa, NM (site 08275500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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