WATER-LEVEL DATA FOR THE 

ALBUQUERQUE BASIN AND ADJACENT 

AREAS, NEW MEXICO, PERIOD OF RECORD 

THROUGH 1998

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Open-File Report 99-269

Prepared in cooperation with the

CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE

science for a changing world

WATER-LEVEL DATA FOR THE 

ALBUQUERQUE BASIN AND ADJACENT 

AREAS, NEW MEXICO, PERIOD OF RECORD 

THROUGH 1998

By Dale R. Rankin

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Open-File Report 99-269

Prepared in cooperation with the 

CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE

Albuquerque, New Mexico 

1999
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Charles G. Groat, Director

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not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Albuquerque, NM 87109-1311

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CONTENTS

Page

Abstract.................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

Introduction........................................................................................................................._^ 1

Well-numbering system............................................................................................................................................... 1

Methods.........................................................................................................................................^ 4

Water-level and other data..................................................................................................................................................... 4

References cited..................................................................................................................................................................... 27

FIGURES

1. Map showing location of study area, monitoring wells, and the Albuquerque Basin ............................................ 2

2. Map showing location of monitoring wells within the Albuquerque area.............................................................. 3

3. Diagram showing well-numbering system within New Mexico ............................................................................ 4

4. Hydrographs showing water-level data for selected wells and piezometers in the Albuquerque Basin:

Site 1 - Rest Area Windmill............................................................................................................................... 10

Site 2-Herkenhoff.....................................................^ 10

Site3-Salas.................................................^ 10

Site 4 - Sevilleta Refuge Headquarters............................................................................................................... 11

Site 5 - Black Butte ............................................................................................................................................ 11

Site 6 - Richardson............................................................................................................................................. 11

Site 7 - Belen Airport......................................................................................................................................... 12

Site 8 - Faust..................................................................................................^^ 12

Site 9 - Estes 1...................................................................................................................................................^ 12

Site 10 - Estes 5.................................................................................................................................................. 13

Site 11 - Grasslands............................................................................................................................................ 13

Sites 12, 13, 14 - Rio Bravo Nest 1.................................................................................................................... 13

Sites 15, 16, 17- Rio Bravo Nest 2.................................................................................................................... 14

Sites 18, 19, 20 - Rio Bravo Nest 3.................................................................................................................... 14

Sites 21, 22, 23-Rio Bravo Nest 4.................................................................................................................... 14

Sites 24, 25, 26 - Rio Bravo Nest 5.................................................................................................................... 15

Sites 27, 28, 29 - Montano Nest 1...................................................................................................................... 15

Sites 30, 31, 32 - Montano Nest 2 ..................................................................................................................... 15

Sites 33, 34, 35 - Montano Nest 3..................................................................................................................... 16

Sites 36, 37, 38 - Montano Nest 4...................................................................................................................... 16

Sites 39, 40,41 - Montano Nest 5...................................................................................................................... 16

Sites 42,43,44,45 - Montano Nest 6................................................................................................................ 17

Sites 46,47,48 - Paseo del Norte Nest 1........................................................................................................... 17

Sites 49, 50, 51, 52 - Paseo del Norte Nest 2..................................................................................................... 17

Sites 53, 54, 55 - Paseo del Norte Nest 3 ........................................................................................................... 18

' Sites 56, 57 - West Mesa Nest 1A...................................................................................................................... 18

Sites 58, 59, 60 - West Mesa Nest 2................................................................................................................... 18

Sites 61, 62, 63 - West Mesa Nest 3................................................................................................................... 19

4 Site 64 - San Jose 9............................................................................................................................................. 19

Site65-KAFB5............................................._ 19

Site 66 - Dead Man's Curve............................................................................................................................... 20

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Page

Site 67 - Junction ..........................................................................................._^ 20

Site 68 - Home Oil............................................................................................................................................. 20

Site 69- Granite Hill.......................................................................................................................................... 21

Site 70 - City 1................................................................................................................................................... 21

Site 71 -City 2......................................................................................................^ 21

Site 72 - City 3................................................................................................................................................... 22

Site 73 - City 4 ............................................................ 22

Site74-Chava.......................................................^ 22

Site 75 - Rio Puerco Trading Post...................................................................................................................... 23

Site 76 - Canoncito Pueblo ................................................................................................................................ 23 8

Site 77 - BIA...........................................................................^ 23

Site 78 - Tierra Mirage....................................................................................................................................... 24

Site 79 - Santa Ana 1 ......................................................................................................................................... 24

Site 80 - Santa Ana 2 ......................................................................................................................................... 24

Site 81 - San Miguel.......................................................................................................................................... 25

Site 82-Nelson..................................................................................^ 25

Site 83 - La Luz del Sol..................................................................................................................................... 25

Site 84 -Shoemaker........................................................................................................................................... 26

Site 85 - Spanish Assembly of God................................................................................................................... 26

Site 86 - Four Hills............................................................................................................................................. 26

Site 87 - Pino Yard............................................................................................................................................. 27

Site 88-Eubank................................................................................................................................................. 27

TABLE

1. Well and piezometer data for the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico............................................................................... 5

CONVERSION FACTORS

Multiply By To obtain

foot 0.3048 meter

mile 1.609 kilometer

acre 0.4047 hectare

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WATER-LEVEL DATA FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN 

AND ADJACENT AREAS, NEW MEXICO, PERIOD OF 

RECORD THROUGH 1998

By Dale R. Rankin 

Abstract

The Albuquerque Basin, located in central 

New Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25 to 40 

miles wide. The basin is defined as the extent of 

Cenozoic deposits that encompass the structural 

Rio Grande Rift within the basin. Drinking-water 

supplies throughout the Albuquerque Basin are 

obtained solely from ground-water resources. The 

population of the basin grew from 419,000 in 1980 

to 563,600 in 1990, a 34-percent increase, and 

resulted in increases in water demand and groundwater pumpage. From April 1982 through 

September 1983, a network of wells was 

established to monitor changes in ground-water 

levels throughout the Albuquerque Basin. Waterlevel data are currently (1998) collected at 88 

wells and piezometers. This report includes waterlevel data from most of these sites for the period of 

record through 1998. Data collection at sites 6,21, 

27-29, 31, 35, 56-60, 77, 87, and 88 was 

interrupted due to construction or limited access, 

and does not extend through the reporting period. 

Data are currently collected annually at sites 11 

and 56-60; semiannually at sites 1-10, 78, and 85; 

quarterly at sites 12-55, 67-77, 79, 80, 82-84, 87, 

and 88; and monthly at sites 61-63, 81, and 86. 

Water levels are recorded hourly at sites 64-66.

INTRODUCTION

The Albuquerque Basin is located in central New 

Mexico and is about 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles 

wide (fig. 1). The basin is defined as the extent of 

Cenozoic deposits that encompass the structural Rio 

Grande Rift within the basin (Thorn and others, 1993). 

The study area extends from Bernalillo south to San 

Acacia and from Tijeras Canyon west to near the 

intersection of Interstate 40 and the Bernalillo/Cibola

County line. The only perennial stream is the 

southward-flowing Rio Grande, which approximately 

bisects the basin.

The Albuquerque metropolitan area includes a 

population of 502,100 (U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1991) (fig. 2). Although the majority of people are 

concentrated within the Albuquerque city limits, the 

basinwide population grew from 419,000 in 1980 to 

563,600 in 1990 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1980, 

1991), an increase of 34 percent. The demand for 

ground water has also increased because drinkingwater supplies throughout the Albuquerque Basin are 

obtained solely from ground-water resources.

This report, prepared in cooperation with the 

City of Albuquerque (City), presents information about 

a water-level monitoring network, operated by the City 

and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in the 

Albuquerque Basin, central New Mexico. Most of 

these data are from the period of record through 1998.

Well-Numbering System

The system of numbering wells in New Mexico 

is based on the common subdivision of public lands 

into sections (fig. 3). The well number, in addition to 

designating the well, locates its position to the nearest 

10-acre tract in the land network. This number is 

divided into four segments. The first segment denotes 

the township north of the New Mexico base line, the 

second denotes the range east of the New Mexico 

principal meridian, and the third denotes the section. 

The fourth segment of the number, which consists of 

three digits, denotes the 160-, 40-, and 10-acre tracts, 

respectively, in which the well is situated. For this 

purpose, the section is divided into four quarters, 

numbered 1,2, 3, and 4, in the normal reading order, 

for the northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast 

quarters. The first digit of the fourth segment gives the
107° 00' 106 30'

0 5 10 KILOMETERS

4567 

EXPLANATION

1 EXTENTOFTHEALBUQUERQUE BASIN

6 MONITORING WELL-Number refers to 

site number in figure 4 and table 1

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Figure 1. -- Location of study area, monitoring wells, and the Albuquerque Basin.

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EXPLANATION

71 MONITORING WELL-Number refers to 

site number in figure 4 and table 1

Figure 2.-Location of monitoring wells within the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

3
quarter section, which is a tract of 160 acres. Similarly, 

the quarter section is divided into four 40-acre tracts 

numbered in the same manner, and the second digit 

denotes the 40-acre tract. Finally, the 40-acre tract is 

divided into four 10-acre tracts, and the third digit 

denotes the 10-acre tract. For example, well 

09N.03E.07.131AisintheNW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of 

the NW 1/4 of section 7, T. 09 N., R. 03 E. (fig. 3). 

Letters A, B, C, and so on are added to the last segment 

of the well number to designate the second, third, 

fourth, and succeeding wells in the same 10-acre tract.

Methods

Water-level data are collected by USGS 

personnel. Electric and steel tapes are used to collect 

water-level data at sites 1-63 and 67-88. Analog-todigital recorders are used to collect water-level data at 

sites 64-66. Recorded data are incomplete because of 

recorder malfunction or temporary removal of the 

recorder for sampling or geophysical logging.

areas adjacent to and within City well fields, so that the 

distribution and magnitude of major pumping effects 

on the aquifer system can be better determined. The 

first objective, to measure hydraulic heads from 

specific depth intervals in the Santa Fe Group aquifer 

system, is being met with the installation of multiplecompleted piezometers to allow hydraulic-head 

measurements at specific depth intervals. The second 

objective, to provide adequate monitoring of water 

levels in areas adjacent to and within City well fields, 

is being met with water-level data reported to the 

USGS from the Pueblo of Isleta, Kirtland Air Force 

Base, and Intel. These data were reported to the USGS 

beginning in 1999 and have not been entered into the 

USGS Ground-Water Site-Inventory (GWSI) data base 

prior to publication; therefore, they do not appear in 

this report. Because many of the multiple-completed 

piezometers do not yet have a 12-month period of 

record, water-level data from them do not appear in this 

report.

WATER-LEVEL AND OTHER DATA

Well and piezometer data are listed in table 1; 

these data include site number and identifier, local 

identifier, owner, other identifier, well depth, and 

screened interval. Hydrographs of water-level data for 

the period of record through 1998 are shown in 

figure 4. The data presented in the hydrographs include 

depth to water and hydraulic head.

Water-level data through September 30, 1995, 

are presented in four previous USGS open-file reports. 

The first such report (Kues, 1987) includes water-level 

data collected through September 30,1985; the second 

report (Rankin, 1994) includes water-level data 

collected from October 1,1986, through September 30, 

1990; the third report (Rankin, 1996) includes waterlevel data collected from the period of record through 

September 30, 1995; and the fourth report (Rankin, 

1998) includes water-level data collected from the 

period of record through 1997.

Beginning in 1998, the Albuquerque Basin 

monitoring network was expanded from 88 wells and 

piezometers to approximately 213 wells and 

piezometers. The objectives of the network expansion 

were to (1) measure hydraulic heads from specific 

depth intervals in the Santa Fe Group aquifer system 

and (2) provide adequate monitoring of water levels in

Well 09N. 03E. 07.131A

Figure 3.--Well-numbering system in New Mexico.
Table 1. Well and piezometer data for the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico

[ , no data]

Site 

number 

(figs. 1 

and 2)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Site 

identifier

341839106531601

341528106533301

342513106500301

342107106530401

342406106394501

343428106383301

343853106494101

343706106422301

344258106460901

344258106460902

345000106455501

350137106410501

350137106410502

350137106410503

350138106395501

350138106395502

350138106395503

350138106393201

350138106393202

350138106393203

Local 

identifier

01N.01W.13.244

01S.01W.01.213

02N.01E.04.444

02N.01E.31.313

02N.03E.18.232

04N.02E.17.244

05N.01E.22.141

05N.01E.35.143

06N.02E.30.412A

06N.02E.30.412B

07N.02E.18.422

--

~

~

09N.03E.07.131A

09N.03E.07.131B

09N.03E.07.131C

09N.03E.07.241A

09N.03E.07.241B

09N.03E.07.241C

Owner

NM Highway Dept.

Herkenhoff

Salas

Sevilleta National

Wildlife Refuge

Sevilleta National

Wildlife Refuge

Richardson

City of Belen

Faust

Estes

Estes

Webb

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

Other 

identifier

Rest Area Windmill

~

Sevilleta Refuge

Headquarters

Black Butte

Belen Airport

'

Estes 1

Estes 5

Grasslands

Rio Bravo Nest 1

Rio Bravo Nest 1

Rio Bravo Nest 1

Rio Bravo Nest 2

Rio Bravo Nest 2

Rio Bravo Nest 2

Rio Bravo Nest 3

Rio Bravo Nest 3

Rio Bravo Nest 3

W

dep

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bel

la

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Table 1. Well and piezometer data for the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico-Continu

Site 

number 

(figs. 1 

and 2)

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 i

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

Site 

identifier

350135106390601

350135106390602

350135106390603

350138106401103

350138106401101

350138106401102

350854106403701

350854106403702

350854106403703

350836106395601

350836106395602

350836106395603

350827106391301

350827106391302

350827106391303

350821106383701

350821106383702

350821106383703

350859106401603

350859106401602

350859106401601

350836106395401

350836106395402

Local 

identifier

09N.03E.08.144A

09N.03E.08.144B

09N.03E.08.144C

09N.03E.07.114B

09N.03E.07.114

09N.03E.07.114A

11N.02E.25.341A

11N.02E.25.341B

11N.02E.25.341C

~

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~

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--

-

11N.03E.30.313B

11N.03E.30.313A

11N.03E.30.313

11N.03E.31.21311A

11N.03E.31.21311B

Owner

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

Other 

identifier

Rio Bravo Nest 4

Rio Bravo Nest 4

Rio Bravo Nest 4

Rio Bravo Nest 5

Rio Bravo Nest 5

Rio Bravo Nest 5

Montano Nest 1

Montano Nest 1

Montano Nest 1

Montano Nest 2

Montano Nest 2

Montano Nest 2

Montano Nest 3

Montano Nest 3

Montano Nest 3

Montano Nest 4

Montano Nest 4

Montano Nest 4

Montano Nest 5

Montano Nest 5

Montano Nest 5

Montano Nest 6

Montano Nest 6

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1

1

5

1

1

1

1

1

1

9

8
Table 1. Well and piezometer data for the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico Contin

Site 

number 

(figs. 1 

and 2)

44

45

46

47

48

49

' 50

51

52

53

54

55

Site 

identifier

350836106395403

350836106395404

351059106385903

351059106385901

351059106385902

351057106384201

351057106384202

351057106384203

351057106384204

351035106364703

351035106364702

351035106364701

Local 

identifier

11N.03E.31.21311C

11N.03E.31.21311D

11N.03E.17.141B

11N.03E.17.141

11N.03E.17.141A

11N.03E.17.233

11N.03E.17.233A

11N.03E.17.233B

11N.03E.17.233D

11N.03E.15.344C

11N.03E.15.344B

11N.03E.15.344A

Owner

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

Other 

identifier

Montano Nest 6

Montano Nest 6

Paseo del Norte

Nestl

Paseo del Norte

Nestl

Paseo del Norte

Nestl

Paseo del Norte

Nest 2

Paseo del Norte

Nest 2

Paseo del Norte

Nest 2

Paseo del Norte

Nest 2

Paseo del Norte

Nest 3

Paseo del Norte

Nest 3

Paseo del Norte

Nest 3

W

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5

6
Table 1. Well and piezometer data for the Albuquerque Basin, New Mexico Continu

Site 

number 

(figs. 1 

and 2)

56

57

58

59

60

61

« 62

63

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

Site 

identifier

350449106493103

350449106493102

351046106464704

351046106464703

351046106464702

351051106395304

351051106395303

351051106395302

350256106390801

350346106322301

350359106254701

350655106194501

350602106210401

350343106280901

350548106383901

350824106375301

350837106393801

350646106403601

345940106393401

350204106562301

Local 

identifier

10N.01E.22.322C

10N.01E.22.322B

11N.02E.18.313D

11N.02E.18.313C

11N.02E.18.313B

11N.03E.18.411D

11N.03E.18.411C

11N.03E.18.411B

10N.03E.32.314

10N.04E.29.413

10N.05E.29.114

10N.06E.05.332

10N.05E.12.434

10N.04E.25.324

10N.03E.17.232

11N.03E.33.143

11N.03E.31.214

10N.02E.12.241

09N.03E.19.243

09N.01W.04.424

Owner

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

KAFB5

NM Highway Dept.

MM Highway Dept.

NM Highway Dept.

NM Highway Dept.

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

Guzman, Sal

Collier

Other 

identifier

West Mesa Nest 1A

West Mesa Nest 1A

West Mesa Nest 2

West Mesa Nest 2

West Mesa Nest 2

West Mesa Nest 3

West Mesa Nest 3

West Mesa Nest 3

San Jose 9

KAFB5

Dead Man's Curve

Junction

Home Oil

Granite Hill

Cityl

City 2

City 3

City 4

Chava

Rio Puerco

Trading Post

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1,1

1,0

1,5

1,3

1,2

9

7

6

7

1,0
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Site

number

(figs. 1 

and 2)

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

Site 

identifier

350454106570401

350620106392401

351843106294501

352029106330601

352032106330601

351852106344901

351019106404001

350829106420401

351100106341201

351108106333601

350339106294001

351009106344701

350259106315801

Local 

identifier

10N.01W.21.134

10N.03E.07.434

13N.04E.34.422

13N.04E.19.421

13N.04E.19.243

13N.03E.36.132A

11N.02E.24.223

11N.02E.35.142

11N.03E.13.242

11N.04E.18.124

10N.04E.26.331

11N.03E.24.142

10N.04E.32.422

Owner

Canoncito Pueblo

BIA

Deaver

Santa Ana Pueblo

Santa Ana Pueblo

San Miguel

Nelson

Ovenwest Corp.

Shoemaker

 

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

City of Albuquerque

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Tierra Mirage

Santa Ana 1

Santa Ana 2

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Spanish Assembly 

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Four Hills

Pino Yard

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Kues, G.E., 1987, Ground-water-level data for the

Albuquerque-Belen Basin, New Mexico, through water 

year 1985: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 

87-116, 51 p.

Rankin, D.R., 1994, Water-level data for the Albuquerque 

Basin, New Mexico, October 1,1986, through 

September 30,1990: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 94-349, 29 p.

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New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 

1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96- 

664A, 28 p.

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central New Mexico, period of record through 1997: 

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-408,28 p.

Thorn, C.R., McAda, D.P., and Kernodle, J.M., 1993, 

Geohydrologic framework and hydrologic conditions 

in the Albuquerque Basin, central New Mexico: U.S. 

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 

Report 93-4149, 106 p.

U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1980: Master area reference file 

for 1980 census.

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U.S. Department of Commerce, 1991, 1990 census of 

population and housing, Summary population and 

housing characteristics, New Mexico: 1990 CPH-1-33, 

variously paged.

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