New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 52 - SAN JUAN UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN › Section 19.27.52.8 - SAN JUAN UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The lands declared within the San Juan
				Underground Water Basin on July 29, 1976, are as follows: Beginning at the
				point of intersection of the Continental Divide and the New Mexico-Colorado
				state line near mile post 202, being the topographic drainage boundary between
				the San Juan River stream system and the Rio Grande stream system, at a point
				on the presently-declared Rio Grande Underground Water Basin boundary; thence
				southwesterly along the Continental Divide and said topographic drainage
				boundary to the point common to the topographic drainage boundary of the San
				Juan River stream system, the Rio Puerco of the Little Colorado River stream
				system, and the Rio Grande stream system, in the Southeast Quarter of Section
				25, Township 16 North, Range 13 West, N.M.P.M.; thence westerly and
				northwesterly along the southern topographic drainage boundary of the San Juan
				River stream system, also being the topographic drainage boundary between the
				San Juan River stream system and the Rio Puerco of the Little Colorado River
				stream system, passing through Dalton Pass in Section 4, Township 16 North,
				Range 14 West, passing along Manuelito Plateau, passing near Tohatchi Lookout
				and passing along the Chuska Mountains, through Washington Pass, to its
				intersection with the New Mexico-Arizona state line, between latitude 36
				degrees 18 minutes North and latitude 36 degrees 19 minutes North; thence
				northerly along the New Mexico-Arizona state line to its intersection with the
				New Mexico-Colorado state line, a point common to the boundaries of New Mexico,
				Arizona, Colorado and Utah; thence easterly along the New Mexico-Colorado state
				line to the point of beginning.
B.
				The lands included within the San Juan Underground Water Basin by amendment of
				March 12, 1980 are as follows: Beginning at the southernmost point of
				intersection of the New Mexico-Arizona state line and the topographic drainage
				boundary between the Chinle Wash and the Chaco River, both of the San Juan
				River stream system, being at about latitude 36 degrees, 18 minutes, 45 seconds
				North; thence easterly and southeasterly along the topographic drainage
				boundary between the Chinle Wash and the Chaco River along the Chuska
				Mountains, passing through Washington Pass, to a point common to the
				topographic drainage of the Chinle Wash and the Chaco River, both of the San
				Juan River stream system and Bowl Creek of the Puerco River stream system;
				thence northwesterly, westerly and then southwesterly along the north drainage
				boundary of Bowl Creek, which is the topographic drainage boundary between the
				San Juan River stream system and the Puerco River stream system, to its
				intersection with the McKinley-San Juan county line; thence west along the
				McKinley-San Juan county line approximately 4.2 miles to its intersection with
				the New Mexico-Arizona state line; thence northerly along the New
				Mexico-Arizona state line to the point of beginning.
C. [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE MAP: See 7-27.1 and 2
				San Juan Underground Water Basin,
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				19.027.0052.8-SanJuan.]