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Conchas Dam and Lake. Conchas Lake is a 25-mile (40 km) long reservoir in northeastern New Mexico, behind Conchas Dam on the Canadian River. The lake has an elevation of 4,200 feet (1,300 meters) and a surface area of 9,600 acres. Conchas Dam was completed in 1939 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. [2]
Conchas Dam is a dam on the Canadian River in San Miguel County, New Mexico in the United States, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Santa Rosa. [3] Forming Conchas Lake, it is a concrete gravity dam flanked by earthen wing dikes, standing 235 feet (72 m) high with a total length of 19,500 feet (5,900 m). [1]
The Bell Ranch is a historic ranch in Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States of America. Owned by John Malone since 2010, it is one of the largest privately owned ranches in the United States. [ 2 ] As of 2021 [update] , Malone is the second largest land owner in the country with 2.2 million acres. [ 3 ]
Conchas Dam is a census-designated place in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 186. [5] It includes the Conchas Dam Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is on the Canadian River.
New Mexico was central to the early–20th century conservation movement, with Gila Wilderness being designated the world's first wilderness area in 1924. [28] The state also hosts nine of the country's 84 national monuments , the most of any state after Arizona; these include the second oldest monument, El Morro , which was created in 1906 ...
The Conchas Dam Historic District, in Conchas Dam, New Mexico, is a 141.3 acres (57.2 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The district is roughly bounded by the State Park South Area, State Park North Area, Conchas Reservoir , and Bell Ranch.
Williams Lake (New Mexico) Z. Zuñi Salt Lake This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 03:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The Dunigan family sold the entire surface estate of 95,000 acres (380 km 2) and seven-eighths of the geothermal mineral estate to the federal government for $101 million. As some sites of the Baca Ranch are sacred and of cultural significance to the Native Americans , 5,000 acres (20 km 2 ) of the purchase were obtained by the Santa Clara ...