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| Critical Stages |
| 18' -Action |
19.5' -Flood |
23' -Moderate Flood |
27' -Major Flood |
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| Flood Impacts |
| 23.0 | HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO BETWEEN INTERSTATE 25 AND THE RIO GRANDE JUST SOUTH OF BERNARDO ARE BEING FLODDED. WATER LEVELS IN THE LOWER RIO PUERCO HAVE NOT BEEN THIS HIGH SINCE JULY OF 1944. THE NEARBY RAILROAD BRIDGE MAY ALSO BE FLODDED. FURTHER RISES WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 25 TRAFFIC. |
| 19.5 | AT THE INITIAL FLOOD STAGE OF 19.5 FEET...THE WATER LEVEL IN THE LOWER RIO PUERCO WILL BEGIN TO THREATEN SEVERAL HOMES AND STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO BETWEEN INTERSTATE 25 AND THE RIO GRANDE. FURTHER RISES IN WATER LEVELS WOULD BEGIN TO FLOOD THE VILLAGE OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE LAST TIME THE WATER LEVEL REACHED 19.5 FEET IN THE RIO PUERCO NEAR BERNARDO WAS AUGUST 10 2006. |
| Historical Crests |
Low Water Records |
1) 27.90 ft on 09/23/1941
2) 19.50 ft on 08/10/2006
3) 16.90 ft on 08/12/1955
4) 16.60 ft on 08/13/1967
5) 15.75 ft on 09/27/1954
6) 15.71 ft on 08/18/1994
7) 15.00 ft on 08/18/1956
8) 14.50 ft on 09/14/1972
9) 13.30 ft on 10/24/1969
10) 10.25 ft on 06/28/1996
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1) 0.00 ft on 11/01/1939
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Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
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