General

• Vicinity Map
• Region (Map) ................ Upper Colorado
• State (Map) .......................... New Mexico
• County ....................................... Bernalillo
• Project ....................... Middle Rio Grande
• Dam type .................................. Diversion
• Location ... 13 mi S of Albuquerque, NM
• Watercourse .......................... Rio Grande
• Original Construction ....................... 1934
• National ID Number ........................... NA
• Hydrologic Unit Code ...................      

Dimensions

• Crest Elevation .............................. 4886.6 ft
• Structural Height .................................. 21 ft
• Hydraulic Height .................................... 5 ft
• Crest Length ....................................... 674 ft
• Crest Width ...................................             ft
• Base Width ....................................             ft
• Volume ............................................. 3,900 cy

Hydraulics

• Spillway capacity at El. .................         cfs
• Diversion capacity ........................   1,070 cfs

Headworks

• Gate structure: Concrete,thirty 20- by 5-ft radial gates.
• Headworks for the Peralta Main Canal: concrete, three 15- by 3.75-ft top seal radial gates; for the Belen Highline Canal: concrete, four 20- by 3.75-ft top seal radial gates.