New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 63 - DECLARATION OF THE CLAYTON UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN AND EXTENSION OF THE CANADIAN RIVER UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN › Section 19.27.63.8 - BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION OF THE CLAYTON UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Beginning at the point where the eastern topographic drainage
				  boundary of the Canadian river basin intersects the New Mexico and Colorado
				  state line, being a point on the north line of section 21, township 32 north,
				  range 25 east, NMPM, near state line mile corner 68; thence southerly along the
				  east topographic drainage boundary of the Canadian river to the point common to
				  the Carrizozo creek drainage boundary and the Ute creek drainage boundary near
				  the northeast corner of section 16, township 27 north, range 26 east, NMPM;
				  thence south along section line to the southeast corner of said section 16;
				  thence easterly along the drainage boundary between Carrizozo creek and Palo
				  Blanco creek 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 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 to the Union and Harding county line being the line
				  between townships 21 north and 22 north, 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 or 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 3 1, 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 to the northwest corner of section 30,
				  township 20 north, range 33 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 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, NMPM, and section 7,
				  township 14 north, range 37 east, NMPM, straight through the northwest corner
				  of section 17, township 14 north, range 37 east, NMPM, to a point on the New
				  Mexico and Texas state line; thence north along said state line to the
				  northeast corner of the state of New Mexico; thence west along the New Mexico
				  and Colorado state line to the eastern topographic drainage boundary of the
				  Canadian river basin near state line mile corner 68, being a point on the north
				  line of section 21, township 32 north, range 25 east, NMPM, being the point of
				  origin.