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Percha Dam State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, located 21 miles (34 km) south of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico on the Rio Grande. [1] The park itself encompasses approximately 80 acres (32 ha).
Percha Diversion Dam diverts the stored water into the 27.1 miles (43.6 km) long Rincon Valley Main Canal, which carries water to irrigate lands in the Rincon Valley between Truth or Consequences and Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Rincon canal crosses over the Rio Grande in the Garfield Flume, and under the river in the Hatch and Rincon siphons.
Several major projects have undertaken construction of dams and diversion in the Rio Grande basin. The Rio Grande Project built the Elephant Butte Dam and the Caballo Dam.A number of diversion dams were also constructed in this project, including the Leasburg, Percha, Mesilla, American and Riverside diversion dams. [2]
Caballo Dam is the second major storage dam of the Rio Grande Project, located about 25 miles (40 km) below Elephant Butte. The dam is 78 feet (24 m) high above the river, 96 feet (29 m) high from its foundations, and 4,558 feet (1,389 m) long. It forms the Caballo Reservoir, which can store up to 343,990 acre⋅ft (0.42431 km 3) of water.
The state-owned Ute Dam creating the reservoir was completed in 1963 without federal funding. The park elevation is 3,900 feet (1,200 m) above sea level. The park is located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the town of Logan, New Mexico, and is accessed by New Mexico State Road 540. [2]
Map of wilderness areas in the Gila National Forest. The Gila National Forest is a United States national forest in New Mexico.Established in 1905, it now covers approximately 2,710,659 acres (10,969.65 km 2), making it the sixth largest national forest in the continental United States.
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1] There are 32 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. All places within the county on the National Register are also listed on the State Register of Cultural ...
The Trail of the Ancients is a collection of National Scenic Byways located in the U.S. Four Corners states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.These byways comprise: ...