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Weather Forecast Office Albuquerque, NM

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center

Hydrograph

River at a Glance

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NOTE: Preliminary flood stage. For informational purposes only. NOTE: Crest data is taken from a discontinued USGS site upstream of the current stream gauge, and is included for informational purposes only. Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions NOTE: Forecasts for the San Francisco River at Reserve are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 18.5 Moderate Flood Stage: 16.5 Flood Stage: 15 Action Stage: 13 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests Currently none available. Recent Crests Currently none available. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

Zoom Level:14 Legend FEMA Layer Gauge Location Disclaimer Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.

Flood Impacts & Photos

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18.5	Water will be reaching the bottom of the Highway 12 bridge. Water will be flowing over portions of The Lane. Residences along the south side of the river will be impacted.
16.5	Water will begin to over top the berm on the right bank (south side) and impact residences. Water will begin to impact commercial land on the left bank (north side) of the river. Low spots on The Lane may be impacted. Low spots on the north side of Highway 12 may see flooding.
15	Water will flow into the side drainage ditches and into some of the overbank areas near Highway 12. Highway 12 will not be impacted unless there is backflow along the northern side of the highway.
13	Bankfull stage. Some minor overbank flow may begin into drainage ditches near Highway 12.

About This Location

Latitude: 33.717106° N, Longitude: 108.757219° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 15 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Reserve

Additional Information

Due to a recent move of the gage, flood stages have been reset and are considered unofficial. NWS staff will monitor the location and further changes to flood stages are possible before becoming official. River forecast information has been temporarily removed from the website.However, flood warning services will continue. Questions or concerns can be sent to royce.fontenot@noaa.gov .

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