From: Selden E Ball Jr (SEB@LNS62.LNS.CORNELL.EDU)
Date: Tue May 07 2002 - 08:48:52 CDT
While water levels in El Paso may not be directly related to
the conditions in the Sangre de Christo mountains, there is no
doubt of there being drought conditions in the mountains of
northern New Mexico.
The USGS has a monitoring system which keeps track of the water levels
in many locations throughout the U.S.
Both Rayado Creek and the Cimarron River are at or near all-time lows.
In a season when water levels normally would be increasing, they are
going down instead.
For a graph of recent and historical levels in Rayado Creek, see
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nm/nwis/uv?07208500
For a graph of recent and historical levels in the Cimarron River, see
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nm/nwis/uv?07207000
Be patient: they take a while to load.
For a pictorial view of water levels in New Mexico, see
http://nm.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Note the large number of red indicators in the north.
For a pictorial view of water levels in Texas, see
http://tx.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt
Although many places are green, many more are below average
(orange to red) than above it (blue).
Selden
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