New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 45 - UPPER PECOS BASIN › Section 19.27.45.8 - UPPER PECOS BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The lands
				declared within the Upper Pecos Basin on February 24, 1972, are as follows:
				Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 12, Township 7 North, Range 21
				East (a point on the western boundary of the declared Fort Sumner Underground
				Water Basin boundary); thence west along section lines to the southwest corner
				of Section 7, Township 7 North, Range 16 East, a point on the Guadalupe
				county-Torrance county line; thence north along range line and the Guadalupe
				county line to the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 11 North, Range 16
				East; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of Section 31,
				Township 11 North, Range 15 East; thence north along range line to the
				northwest corner of Section 6, Township 11 North, Range 15 East; thence west
				along township line to the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 12 North,
				Range 14 East; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of Section
				6, Township 12 North, Range 14 East; thence west along township line to the
				southwest corner of Section 34, Township 13 North, Range 13 East; thence north
				along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 3, Township 13 North,
				Range 13 East; thence west along township line to its intersection with the
				drainage boundary between the Pecos River and the Rio Grande on the south line
				of Section 33, Township 14 North, Range 12 East (a point on the eastern
				boundary of the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin); thence northerly along
				said drainage boundary and said eastern boundary of the Rio Grande Underground
				Water Basin, passing through Glorieta Baldy, Penitente Peak, Santa Fe Baldy,
				and Pecos Baldy Peak to Truchas Peak (near Latitude 35 degrees 57' 45" North,
				Longitude 105 degrees 38' 40" West, X=112,000, Y=1,808,200 N. M. Grid System
				East Zone), a point on the Mora county-Rio Arriba county line; thence
				northeasterly along said county line passing through North Truchas Peak and
				Chimayosos Peak, to its intersection with the drainage boundary between the
				Pecos River and the Canadian River (near Latitude 35 degrees 59' 03" North,
				Longitude 105 degrees 33' 25" West, X=137,950, Y=1,815,600 N. M. Grid System
				East Zone); thence southeasterly along said drainage boundary passing through
				Cebolla Station (U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Triangulation Point), Spring
				Mountain, Lone Pine Mesa, Hermit Peak and Pyro Station (U. S. Coast and
				Geodetic Survey Triangulation Point), to its intersection with Longitude 105
				degrees 10' West; thence south along Longitude 105 degrees 10' West to its
				intersection with Latitude 35 degrees 40' North; thence east along Latitude 35
				degrees 40' North to its intersection with Longitude 105 degrees 00' West;
				thence south along Longitude 105 degrees 00' West to its intersection with the
				north boundary of the Antonio Ortiz Grant; thence east along said grant
				boundary to its intersection with Longitude 104 degrees 53' West; thence south
				along Longitude 104 degrees 53' West to its intersection with Latitude 35
				degrees 20' North; thence east along Latitude 35 degrees 20' North to its
				intersection with Longitude 104 degrees 50' West; thence south along Longitude
				104 degrees 50' West to its intersection with the Guadalupe county-San Miguel
				county line; thence east along said county line to its intersection with
				Longitude 104 degrees 35' West; thence south along Longitude 104 degrees 35'
				West to its intersection with the south boundary of the Preston Beck Grant, a
				point on the north line of Section 2, Township 9 North, Range 22 East; thence
				west along said grant line to the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 9
				North, Range 22 East; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner
				of Section 33, Township 8 North, Range 22 East, a point on the northern
				boundary of the Fort Sumner Underground Water Basin; thence west along township
				line to the southeast corner of Section 36, Township 8 North, Range 21 East;
				thence south along range line to the southeast corner of Section 12, Township 7
				North, Range 21 East, the point of beginning
B. The corrected boundaries of the extension
				of the Upper Pecos Underground Water Basin as originally intended by Special
				Order 149 are as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 13,
				Township (T) 7 North (N) , Range (R) 21 East (E) , New Mexico Principal
				Meridian (N.M.P.M.); thence south along range line to the southeast corner of
				Section 12, T 6 N, R 21 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along section lines to the
				northeast corner of Section 14, T 6 N, R 15 E, N.M.P.M.; thence south along
				section line to the southeast corner of said Section 14; thence west along
				section line to the southwest corner of said Section 14; thence south along
				section line to the southeast corner of Section 22, T 6 N, R 15 E, N.M.P.M.;
				thence west along section line to the southwest corner of said Section 22;
				thence south along section line to the southeast corner of Section 28, T 6 N, R
				15 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of said
				Section 28; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of Section
				32, T 6 N, R 15 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along township line to the southwest
				corner of said Section 32; thence south along section line to the southeast
				corner of Section 6, T 5 N, R 15 E, N.M. P.M.; 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, T 5 N, R 14 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along
				section lines to the southwest corner of Section 11, T 5 N, R 13 E, N.M.P.M.;
				thence north along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 35, T 6 N,
				R 13 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of
				Section 34, T 6 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence north along section lines to the
				northwest corner of Section 22, T 7 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along
				section line to the southwest corner of Section 16, T 7 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.;
				thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 4, T 7 N, R
				12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of
				Section 31, T 8 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence north along range line to the
				northwest corner of Section 18, T 8 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence east along
				section line to the northeast corner of said Section 18;
thence
				north along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 5- -T 8 N, R 12 E.
				N.M.P.M.; thence east along township line to the southwest corner of Section
				32, T 9 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.
; thence north along section lines to
				the northwest corner of Section 20, T 9 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence east along
				section line to the northeast corner of said Section 20; thence north along
				section lines to the northwest corner of Section 21, T 10 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.;
				thence east along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 24, T 10 N,
				R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of
				Section 12, T 10 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along section lines to the
				southwest corner of Section 3, T 10 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence north along
				section lines to the northwest corner of Section 15, T 11 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.;
				thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 7, T 11 N, R
				12 E, N.M.P.M., a point on the San Miguel-Santa Fe county line; thence north
				along range line and said county line to the northwest corner of Section 6, T
				11 N, R 12 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along township line to the southwest corner
				of Section 34, T 12 N, R 11 E, N.M.P.M.; thence north along section lines to
				the northwest corner of Section 27, T 12 N, R 11 E, N.M.P.M.; thence west along
				section line to the intersection of the northerly line of Section 28, T 12 N, R
				11 E, N.M.P.M., and the drainage boundary between the Rio Grande and Pecos
				River stream system; thence northeast along said drainage boundary to a point
				where said drainage boundary intersects the north line of Section 3, T 13 N, R
				12 E, N.M.P.M., a point on the south boundary of the existing Upper Pecos
				Underground Water Basin; thence south and east along said boundary of the
				existing Upper Pecos Underground Water Basin to the point of
				beginning.
C. [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
				MAP: See 7-25.1 Upper Pecos Basin,
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				19.027.0045.8-UpperPecos.]