New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 66 - EXTENSION OF THE LORDSBURG, NUTT-HOCKETT, ANIMAS, AND PLAYAS UNDERGROUND WATER BASINS › Section 19.27.66.11 - BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTENDED AREAS OF THE ANIMAS UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The following three areas are being added to the Animas
				  underground water basin.
A. Upper
				Animas extension: Beginning at the intersection of the southern boundary of
				section 33, township 32 south, range 19 west, NMPM, with the drainage divide
				between the Playas valley basin and the Animas river stream system; thence west
				along township line to the southwest corner of section 32, township 32 south,
				range 19 west, NMPM; thence north along section line one-half mile to the
				mid-point of the western boundary of said section 32, thence west to the
				mid-point of the western boundary of section 36, township 32 south, range 20
				west, NMPM; thence south along section line to the southwest corner of section
				36, township 32 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence west along township line to
				the southwest corner of section 32, township 32 south, range 20 west, NMPM;
				thence north along section line one-half mile to the mid-point of the western
				boundary of said section 32, thence due west to the mid-point of the eastern
				boundary of section 35, township 32 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence south
				along section lines to the mid-point of the eastern boundary of section 11,
				township 33 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence due west to the mid-point of the
				western boundary of said section, thence north along section line to the
				northwest corner of said section, thence west along section line to the
				southwest corner of section 3, township 33 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence
				north along section line one-half mile to the mid-point of the western boundary
				of section 3, township 33 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence due west to the
				mid-point of the western boundary of section 4, township 33 south, range 21
				west, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of said
				section 4, thence west along township line one-half mile to the mid-point of
				the southern boundary of section 32, township 32 south, range 21 west, NMPM;
				thence due north to the midpoint of the northern boundary of said section 32,
				then west along section lines and projected section lines to the intersection
				with the state line between the states of Arizona and New Mexico, thence north
				along said state line to its intersection with the southwest corner of section
				35, township 31 south, range 22 west, NMPM; thence east along township line to
				the northeast corner of section 4, township 32 south, range 21 west, NMPM;
				thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of section 22,
				township 31 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence west along section line to the
				southwest corner of section 16, township 31 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence
				north along section lines to the northwest corner of section 28, township 30
				south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence east along section line to the northeast
				corner of said section 28, then north along section line to the northwest
				corner of section 22, township 30 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence east along
				section line to the northeast corner of said section 22, thence north along
				section lines to the northwest corner of section 26, township 29 south, range
				21 west, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of
				section 22, township 29 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along section
				lines to the northwest corner of section 3, township 29 south, range 21 west,
				NMPM; thence east along township line to the southwest corner of section 36,
				township 28 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along section lines to the
				northwest corner of section 24, township 28 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence
				east along section lines to the northeast corner of section 19, township 28
				south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence north along section lines to the northwest
				corner of section 8, township 28 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence east along
				section line to the northeast corner of said section 8, then north along
				section line to the northwest corner of section 4, township 28 south, range 20
				west, NMPM; thence east along township line to the northeast corner of section
				3, township 28 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence south along section lines to
				the southeast corner of section 34, township 28 south, range 20 west, NMPM;
				thence east along township line to the northeast corner of section 3, township
				29 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence south along section lines to the
				southeast corner of section 34, township 30 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence
				east along township line to the northeast corner of section 1, township 31
				south, range 19 west, NMPM; thence north along range line to the northwest
				corner of section 6, township 29 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence west along
				range line to the southwest corner of section 31, township 28 south, range 18
				west, NMPM; thence north along township line to the northwest corner of section
				6, township 28 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence east approximately one-half
				mile along township line to the intersection of the township line with the
				drainage divide between the Playas valley basin and the Animas river stream
				system, thence southerly along the drainage divide between the Playas valley
				basin and the Animas river stream system to its intersection with the southern
				boundary of section 33, township 32 south, range 19 west, NMPM, being the point
				of origin.
B. Lower Animas
				extension: Beginning at the southeast corner of section 32, township 25 south,
				range 18 west, NMPM; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of
				section 33, township 25 south, range 19 west, NMPM; thence north along section
				lines to the northwest corner of section 4, township 24 south, range 19 west,
				NMPM; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of section 31,
				township 23 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence south along range line to the
				southeast corner of section 36, township 25 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence
				west along township line to the northeast corner of section 2, township 26
				south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence south along section line to the southeast
				corner of section 2, township 26 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence west along
				section line to the southwest corner of section 2, township 26 south, range 21
				west, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of section
				2, township 26 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence east along township line to
				the southwest corner of section 36, township 25 south, range 21 west, NMPM;
				thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of section 13,
				township 25 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence west along section line to the
				southwest corner of section 11, township 25 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence
				north along section lines to the northwest corner of section 11, township 24
				south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest
				corner of section 3, township 24 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along
				section lines to the northwest corner of section 34, township 23 south, range
				21 west, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of
				section 28, township 23 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along section
				lines to the northwest corner of section 9, township 23 south, range 21 west,
				NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of section 6,
				township 23 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along the New
				Mexico-Arizona state line to the northwest corner of section 6, township 22
				south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence east along township line to the northeast
				corner of section 6, township 22 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along
				section line to the northwest corner of section 32, township 21 south, range 21
				west, NMPM; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of section
				32, township 21 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along section line to
				the northwest corner of section 28, township 21 south, range 21 west, NMPM;
				thence east along section line to the northeast corner of section 28, township
				21 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest
				corner of section 22, township 21 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence east along
				section line to the northeast corner of section 22, township 21 south, range 21
				west, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of section
				14, township 21 south, range 21 west, NMPM; thence east along section lines to
				the northeast corner of section 13, township 21 south, range 21 west, NMPM;
				thence north along range line to the northwest corner of section 6, township 21
				south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence east along township line to the southwest
				corner of section 32, township 20 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence north
				along section line to the northwest corner of section 32, township 20 south,
				range 20 west, NMPM; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of
				section 32, township 20 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence north along section
				line to the northwest corner of section 28, township 20 south, range 20 west,
				NMPM; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of section 28,
				township 20 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence north along section line to the
				northwest corner of section 22, township 20 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence
				east along section lines to the northeast corner of section 24, township 20
				south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence south along section lines to the southeast
				corner of section 36, township 20 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence east along
				section lines to the northeast corner of section 1, township 21 south, range 20
				west, NMPM; thence south along range line to the southeast corner of section
				36, township 22 south, range 20 west, NMPM; thence east along township line to
				the northeast corner of section 2, township 23 south, range 19 west, NMPM;
				thence south along section line to the southeast corner of said section 2,
				thence east along section line to the mid-point of the northern boundary of
				section 12, township 23 south, range 19 west, NMPM; thence due south to the
				mid-point of the southern boundary of section 13, township 23 south, range 19
				west, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of said
				section 13, thence south along section line to the southeast corner of section
				23, township 23 south, range 19 west, NMPM; thence west along section line to
				the mid-point of the southern boundary of section 23, township 23 south, range
				19 west, NMPM; thence due south to the center point of section 35, township 23
				south, range 19 west, NMPM; thence due east to the mid-point of the eastern
				boundary of said section 35, thence south along section line to the southeast
				corner of said section 35, thence east along township line to the northeast
				corner of section 6, township 24 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence south along
				section line to the mid-point of the eastern boundary of said section 6, thence
				due east to the center point of section 5, township 24 south, range 18 west,
				NMPM; thence due south to the center point of section 8, township 24 south,
				range 18 west, NMPM; thence due east to the mid-point of the eastern boundary
				of said section 8, thence south along section lines to the mid-point of the
				eastern boundary of section 20, township 24 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence
				due east to the center point of section 21, township 24 south, range 18 west,
				NMPM; thence due south to the mid-point of the southern boundary of said
				section 21, thence east along section line to the northeast corner of section
				28, township 24 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence south along section line to
				the southeast corner of said section 28, thence west along section lines to the
				mid-point of the southern boundary of section 29, township 24 south, range 18
				west, NMPM; thence due south to the center point of section 32, township 24
				south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence due west to the center point of section 31,
				township 24 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence south to the mid-point of the
				southern boundary of section 6, township 25 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence
				west along section line to the southwest corner of said section 6, thence south
				along range line to the southeast corner of section 12, township 25 south,
				range 19 west, NMPM; thence east along section line to the mid-point of the
				northern boundary of section 18, township 25 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence
				due south to the center point of said section 18, thence due east to the
				mid-point of the eastern boundary of said section 18, thence south along
				section lines to the southeast corner of section 19, township 25 south, range
				18 west, NMPM; thence east along section line to the mid-point of the northern
				boundary of section 29, township 25 south, range 18 west, NMPM; thence due
				south to the center point of said section 29, thence due east to the mid-point
				of the eastern boundary of said section 29, thence south along section lines to
				the southeast corner of section 32, township 25 south, range 18 west, NMPM,
				being the point of origin.
C. Lower
				Animas extension (additional section): The Animas underground water basin is
				extended to include section 1 of township 27 south, range 21 west,
				NMPM.