Project details - Vermejo Project - Bureau of Reclamation

Full Irrigation Service	7,372 acres
Supplemental Service	0 acres
Temporary Irrigation Service	0 acres
Number of Irrigated Farms	60
Residential, Commercial, Industrial Lands	7 acres
Total Irrigable Lands	7,379 acres

Population Served:

Area Irrigated and Crop Value

Project Water Supply

Current Conditions

Streamflow

Streamflow Forecast Map

Snowpack Information

Drought Index

Annual Precipitation

Temperature

Vermejo River

Drainage area at Vermejo Diversion Dam	317 mi2
Annual discharge
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Chico Rico Creek

Drainage area at the Eagle Tail Diversion	325 mi2
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Project Water Quality

Facilities in Operation

1 Does not include Reservoirs 12 and 14, whose capacities are unknown.

Storage Facilities

Diversion Facilities

Vermejo Diversion Dam

Type	Concrete slab and buttress weir, embankment wing.
Location	On the Vermejo River, about 4 miles southeast of Dawson, New Mexico.
Year Completed	1910. Reconstructed by Bureau of Reclamation in 1955.
Dimensions:
Structural height	17 ft
Hydraulic height	5 ft
Weir crest length	300 ft
Total crest length	1,021 ft
Elevation	6,182.9 ft
Volume	4,400 yd3
Headworks:	Concrete, four 3 ft by 4 ft and five 4 ft by 7 ft cast iron slide gates.
Diversion Capacity	600 cfs

Carriage Facilities

Vermejo Canal

Location	From the Vermejo River about 12 miles northwest of Maxwell, New Mexico, generally southeast about 5 miles to Stubblefield Reservoir, then northeast about 4 miles.
Construction period	Privately constructed. Portions of canal enlarged and some new construction by Reclamation in 1954-1955.
Length	9.5 mi
Diversion Capacity	600 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	30 ft
Side slopes	1.5:1
Water depth	5.67 ft

Eagle Trail Canal

Location	From heading on Chico Rico Creek about 13 miles northeast of Maxwell, New Mexico, generally southwest to irrigated area.
Construction period	Privately constructed. Rehabilitated by Reclamation in 1954-1955.
Length	15.5 mi
Diversion Capacity	300 cfs
Typical section in earth:
Bottom width	18 ft
Side slopes	1.5:1
Water depth	4.31 ft

Last updated: May 18, 2009