New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 56 - TUCUMCARI BASIN › Section 19.27.56.8 - STATE ENGINEER SPECIAL ORDER NO. 156 TUCUMCARI BASIN EXTENSION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The area included within the Tucumcari basin extension begins
				  at a point on the New Mexico and Texas state line approximately 500 feet
				  southeast of the northwest corner of Section 17, Township 14 North, Range 37
				  East, NMPM; thence south along said state line to the northeast corner of
				  Section 5, Township 8 North, Range 37 East, NMPM, being a point on the northern
				  boundary of Curry County and the Curry County Underground Water Basin; thence
				  west along county line to the southeast corner of Section 31, Township 9 North,
				  Range 35 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northeast corner of
				  said Section 31; thence west along section line to the northwest corner of
				  Section 34, Township 9 North, Range 33 East, NMPM; thence south along section
				  line to the southwest corner of said Section 34; thence west along Township
				  line to the northwest corner of Section 3, Township 8 North, Range 33 East,
				  NMPM; thence south along section line to the northeast corner of Section 21,
				  Township 8 North, Range 33 East, NMPM; thence west along section line to the
				  northwest corner of Section 19, Township 8 North, Range 33 East, NMPM; thence
				  south along range line to the northeast corner of Section 36, Township 8 North,
				  Range 32 East, NMPM; thence west along section line to the northwest corner of
				  Section 34, Township 8 North, Range 32 East, NMPM; thence south along section
				  line to the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 7 North, Range 32 East,
				  NMPM; thence west along township line to the northwest corner of Section 3,
				  Township 7 North, Range 31 East, NMPM; thence south along section line to the
				  northeast corner of Section 9, Township 7 North, Range 31 East, NMPM; thence
				  west along section line to the northwest corner of Section 11, Township 7
				  North, Range 30 East, NMPM; thence south along section line to the northeast
				  corner of Section 15, Township 7 North, Range 30 East, NMPM; thence west along
				  section line to the northwest corner of Section 17, Township 7 North, Range 30
				  East, NMPM, being a point on the existing boundary of the Fort Sumner
				  Underground Water Basin; thence west along section line to the northwest corner
				  of Section 13, Township 7 North, Range 28 East, NMPM; thence north along
				  section line to the northeast corner of Section 2, Township 7 North, Range 28
				  East, NMPM; thence west along township line to the southeast corner of Section
				  32, Township 8 North, Range 28 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to
				  the northeast corner of Section 29, Township 8 North, Range 28 East, NMPM;
				  thence west along section line to the northeast corner of Section 27, Township
				  8 North, Range 27 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northeast
				  corner of Section 3, Township 8 North, Range 27 East, NMPM; thence East along
				  township line to the southeast corner of Section 34, Township 9 North, Range 27
				  East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northeast corner of Section
				  27, Township 9 North, Range 27 East, NMPM; thence west along section line to
				  the southeast corner of Section 21, Township 9 North, Range 27 East, NMPM;
				  thence north along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 21;
				  thence west along section line to the northwest corner of Section corner of
				  Section 23, Township 9 North, Range 26 East, NMPM; thence south along section
				  line to the northwest corner of Section 35, Township 9 North, Range 26 East,
				  NMPM; thence west along section line to the northwest corner of Section 35,
				  Township 9 North, Range 24 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the
				  northeast corner of Section 27, Township 9 North, Range 24 East, NMPM; thence
				  west along section line to the southeast corner of Section 21, Township 9
				  North, Range 24 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the southeast
				  corner of Section 4, Township 9 North, Range 24 East, NMPM; thence east along
				  section line to the southeast corner of Section 3, Township 9 North, Range 24
				  East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the southeast corner of Section
				  34, Township 10 North, Range 24 East, NMPM; thence east along Township line to
				  the southeast corner of Section 35, Township 10 North, Range 24 East, NMPM;
				  thence north along section line to the southeast corner of Section 23, Township
				  10 North, Range 24 East, NMPM; thence east along section line to the southeast
				  corner of Section 24, Township 10 North, Range 24 East, NMPM; thence north
				  along range line to the southeast corner of Section 12, Township 10 North,
				  Range 24 East, NMPM; thence east along section line to the southeast corner of
				  Section 8, Township 10 North, Range 25 East, NMPM; thence north along section
				  line to the southeast corner of Section 5, Township 10 North, Range 25 East,
				  NMPM; thence east along section line to the southeast corner of Section 4,
				  Township 10 North, Range 25 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the
				  southeast corner of Section 33, Township 11 North, Range 25 East, NMPM; thence
				  east along township line to the southeast corner of Section 34, Township 11
				  North, range 25 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the southeast
				  corner of Section 27, Township 11 North, Range 25 East, NMPM; thence east along
				  section line to the southeast corner of Section 26, Township 11 North, Range 25
				  East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the southeast corner of Section
				  23, Township 11 North, Range 25 East, NMPM; thence east along section line to
				  the southeast corner of Section 19, Township 11 North, Range 26 East, NMPM;
				  thence north along section line to the southeast corner of Section 18, Township
				  11 North, range 26 East, NMPM; thence east along section line to the southeast
				  corner of Section 17, Township 11 North, Range 26 East, NMPM; thence north
				  along section line to the northeast corner of Section 29, Township 12 North,
				  Range 26 East, NMPM; thence west along section line to the intersection of the
				  north boundary of said Section 29 with Longitude 104E 12' 30"; thence north
				  along said longitude to the intersection with latitude 35E 21' 30"; thence east
				  along said latitude to the intersection with longitude 104E 10' 30"; thence
				  north along said longitude to the intersection with latitude 35E 28' 45";
				  thence east along said latitude to the intersection with longitude 104E 09'
				  45"; thence north along said longitude to the intersection with the north
				  boundary of Section 10, Township 17 North, Range 26 East, NMPM; thence west
				  along section line to the northeast corner of Section 8, Township 17 North,
				  Range 26 East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northeast corner of
				  Section 32, Township 18 North, Range 26 East, NMPM; thence west along section
				  line to the northwest corner of Section 31, Township 18 North, Range 26 East,
				  NMPM, being a point on the existing boundary of the Canadian River Underground
				  Water Basin; thence north along range line and the existing east boundary of
				  the Canadian River Basin to the southeast corner of Section 13, Township 27
				  North, Range 25 East, NMPM; thence east along section line to the southeast
				  corner of Section 16, Township 27 North, Range 26 East, NMPM; thence east along
				  section line to the southeast corner of Section 14, Township 27 North, Range 26
				  East, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northeast corner of said
				  Section 14; thence east to the northeast corner of Section 16, Township 27
				  North, Range 27 East; NMPM; thence south to the southeast corner of said
				  Section 16; thence east to the southeast corner of Section 14, Township 27
				  North, Range 27 East, NMPM; thence south to the southeast corner of Section 23,
				  Township 27 North, Range 27 East, NMPM; thence east to the northeast corner of
				  Section 28, Township 27 North, Range 28 East, NMPM; thence south along section
				  line West of Lonesome Mountain to the southeast corner of said Section 28;
				  thence east to the northeast corner of Section 36, Township 27 North, Range 28
				  East, NMPM; thence south to the southeast corner of said Section 36; thence
				  east to the northeast corner of Section 6, Township 26 North, Range 29 East,
				  NMPM; thence south to the southeast corner of Section 7, Township 26 North,
				  Range 29 East, NMPM; thence west to the southwest corner of said Section 7;
				  thence south along Township line to the southwest corner of Section 18,
				  Township 25 North, Range 29 East, NMPM; thence east to the northwest corner of
				  Section 21, Township 25 North, Range 29 East, NMPM; thence south through the
				  Don Carlos Hills to the southwest corner of said Section 21; thence east to the
				  northwest corner of Section 26, Township 25 North, Range 29 East, NMPM; thence
				  south to the southwest corner of said Section 26; thence east to the southeast
				  corner of said Section 26; thence south to the southwest corner of Section 36,
				  Township 25 North, Range 29 East, NMPM; thence west along township line to the
				  northeast corner of Section 1, Township 24 North, Range 29 East, NMPM; thence
				  south to the northwest corner of Section 13, Township 24 North, Range 29 East,
				  NMPM; thence east to the northeast corner of said Section 13; thence south
				  along range line to the northwest corner of Section 31, Township 24 North,
				  Range 30 East, NMPM; thence east to the northeast corner of said Section 31;
				  thence south to the southeast corner of said Section 31; thence east to the
				  northeast corner of Section 5, Township 23 North, Range 30 East, NMPM; thence
				  south to the northwest corner of Section 4, Township 22 North, Range 30 East,
				  NMPM; thence east to the northeast corner of said Section 4; thence south to
				  the northwest corner of Section 15, Township 22 North, Range 30 East, NMPM;
				  thence east to the northwest corner of Section 13, Township 22 North, Range 30
				  East, NMPM; thence south to the southwest corner of said Section 13; thence
				  east to the southeast corner of said Section 13; thence in a southeasterly
				  direction diagonally across Sections 19, 29 and 33, Township 22 North, Range 31
				  East, NMPM, to the Union and Harding County line, being the line between
				  Townships 21 North and 22 North, NMPM; at the northwest corner of Section 3,
				  Township 21 North, Range 31 East, NMPM; thence east along said county line to
				  the northeast corner of Section 2, Township 21 North, Range 31 East, NMPM;
				  thence south to the southeast corner of said Section 2; thence east to the
				  northwest corner of Section 12, Township 21 North, Range 32 East, NMPM; thence
				  south to the northwest corner of Section 24, Township 21 North, Range 32 East,
				  NMPM; thence east to the northeast corner of said Section 24; thence south to
				  the northwest corner of Section 31, Township 21 North, Range 33 East, NMPM;
				  thence east to the northeast corner of said Section 31; thence south to the
				  southeast corner of said Section 31; thence east along Township line to the
				  northwest corner of Section 4, Township 20 North, Range 33 East, NMPM; thence
				  in a southeasterly direction diagonally across Sections 4, 10, 14 and 24,
				  Township 20 North, Range 33 East, NMPM, to the northwest corner of Section 30,
				  Township 20 North, Range 34 East, NMPM; thence south along Harding and Union
				  County line, being the line between Ranges 33 East and 34 East, to the
				  northwest corner of Section 18, Township 19 North, Range 34 East, NMPM; thence
				  east to the northeast corner of said Section 18; thence south to the northeast
				  corner of Section 18, Township 18 North, Range 34 East, NMPM; thence west to
				  the northwest corner of said Section 18; thence south along Harding and Union
				  County line and Harding and Quay County line to the southwest corner of Section
				  6, Township 17 North, Range 34 East, NMPM; thence east to the northwest corner
				  of Section 10, Township 17 North, Range 34 East, NMPM; thence in a
				  southeasterly direction diagonally across Sections 10 and 14, Township 17
				  North, Range 34 East, NMPM, to the northwest corner of Section 24, Township 17
				  North, Range 34 East, NMPM; thence east to the northeast corner of Section 19,
				  Township 17 North, Range 35 East, NMPM; thence south to the southeast corner of
				  said Section 19; thence east to the northwest corner of Section 26, Township 17
				  North, Range 35 East, NMPM; thence south to the southwest corner of said
				  Section 26; thence east to the southeast corner of said Section 26 near Kerlin
				  Hill; thence south to the southwest corner of Section 36, Township 17 North,
				  Range 35 East, NMPM; thence east along township line to the northwest corner of
				  Section 6, Township 16 North, Range 36 East, NMPM; thence south to the
				  northwest corner of Section 7, Township 16 North, Range 36 East, NMPM; thence
				  east to the northeast corner of said Section 7; thence south to the northwest
				  corner of Section 29, Township 16 North, Range 36 East, NMPM; thence east to
				  the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence south to the northwest corner
				  of Section 4, Township 15 North, Range 36 East, NMPM; thence east to the
				  northeast corner of said Section 4; thence south to the northwest corner of
				  Section 15, Township 15 North, Range 36 East, NMPM; thence in a southeasterly
				  direction diagonally across Sections 15 and 23 in Township 15 North, Range 36
				  East, NMPM, to the northwest corner of Section 25, Township 15 North, Range 36
				  East, NMPM; thence south to the northwest corner of Section 1, Township 14
				  North, Range 36 East, NMPM; thence in a southeasterly direction diagonally
				  across Section 1, Township 14 North, Range 36 East, and Section 7, Township 14
				  North, Range 37 East, straight through the northwest corner of Section 17,
				  Township 14 North, Range 37 East, to a point on the New Mexico and Texas state
				  line, being the point of beginning.