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Navajo Dam is a dam on the San Juan River, a tributary of the Colorado River, in northwestern New Mexico in the United States. The 402-foot (123 m) high earthen dam is situated in the foothills of the San Juan Mountains about 44 miles (71 km) upstream and east of Farmington, New Mexico. [3]
Location: Rio Arriba / San Juan counties in New Mexico; Archuleta County in Colorado, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: San Juan River, Piedra River: Primary outflows: San Juan River: Catchment area: 3,190 sq mi (8,300 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 15,600 acres (63 km 2): Water volume: 1,708,600 acre⋅ft (2.1075 km 3): Surface elevation ...
Navajo State Park in Colorado and Navajo Lake State Park in New Mexico provide boating, water-skiing, fishing, and shoreline camping; two marinas are located in the New Mexico portion of the lake. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] The 6 miles (9.7 km) of river from below Navajo Dam to Gobernador Wash are known as one of the best trout fishing waters in the ...
Farmington (Navajo: Tóta') is a city in San Juan County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 46,624 people. Farmington (and surrounding San Juan County) makes up one of the four metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in New Mexico.
In 1934, Highway 550 was extended through Farmington to Shiprock, New Mexico. In 1989, the western end of US 550 was replaced with US 64 between Farmington and Shiprock . In 2000, US 550 was extended further south from Aztec to Bernalillo to replace the newly widened NM 44 and NM 544 , at which time all of US 550 in New Mexico was four lanes.
The water supply is provided by Navajo Lake, the reservoir formed behind Navajo Dam on the San Juan River. Water is transported southwest and distributed via 70.2 miles (113.0 km) of main canals and 340 miles (550 km) of laterals. The project service area is composed of the high benchlands south of Farmington, which experience an arid climate. [1]
The new routing replaced all of New Mexico State Road 111 (NM 111) and NM 553 between Taos and Tierra Amarilla. US 64 now shared a concurrency with US 84 between Tierra Amarilla and a highway junction 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Monero. US 64 then replaced all of NM 17 between US 84 and US 550 in Farmington.
Fruitland is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. [1] The community is on the north side of the San Juan River. It is immediately west of central Kirtland and north across the river from the Navajo Nation and Upper Fruitland. Fruitland is east of Waterflow. [2] [3]