The Vigil Network: Pueblo Cañon
Site Summary
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General Information
Site Name: Pueblo Cañon, New Mexico
Location: 12 Miles soutwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Principal Investigator: Harold E. Malde
Address: USGS, Denver, CO
Date of Site Establishment and/or Field Measurements: August 1970, June 1971, July 1970, August 1972
Location at Lower End of Basin
Latitude: 35°31'34" N
Longitude: 105°59'38" W
Purposes
(ranked in order of importance)
- Channel Change
- Erosion
- Sedimentation
Site Information
Annual precipitation: 300 mm
Elevation: 1920 m
Relief: 90 m
Drainage area: 22 km2
Geology: Ancha Formation Santa Fe Group
Vegetation: Gramma Grass, Juniper-Pinon Woodlands
Bench Marks 90+
Photography: B & W ground photos: 7 marked sites in survey area, others in upper reach.
U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute maps: Turquoise Hill, NM; Seton Village, NM
Hillslopes
Other: Erosion pins 96 sites
Stream Channels
Channel cross sections: 41
Bed Profile: 1
Water Surface Profile: 1
Headcut Retreat: 6
Other: Profile of flood crest (26 July 1971)
Miscellaneous
Other: Mileage log to site
Additional Data
Two topo maps plus "Figure 2" map of cañon transferred to MA-1409.
For information on how to obtain USGS topographic maps of this study site, please visit the USGS Maps, Imagery and Publicatinos page at http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/.
