New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 33 - GALLUP UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN › Section 19.27.33.8 - GALLUP UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The lands declared within the Gallup
				Underground Water Basin on March 5, 1980, are as follows: Beginning at the
				point of intersection of the New Mexico-Arizona state line and the McKinley-San
				Juan county line; thence east along the McKinley-San Juan county line
				approximately 4.2 miles to a point on the west drainage boundary of Bowl Creek,
				part of the Puerco River stream system; thence northerly and northeasterly
				along the drainage boundary of Bowl Creek to a point common to the topographic
				drainage of the San Juan River stream system and Bowl Creek, part of the Puerco
				River stream system, which is a point on the presently-declared San Juan
				Underground Water Basin boundary; thence southerly along the topographic
				drainage boundary between the San Juan River stream system and the Puerco River
				stream system, which is the boundary of the presently-declared San Juan
				Underground Water Basin, passing near Tohatchi Lookout, along said drainage
				boundary across Manuelito Plateau, continuing along said drainage boundary,
				through Dalton Pass in Section 4, Township 16 North, Range 14 West, N.M.P.M.,
				to the point common to the topographic drainage boundary of the San Juan River
				stream system, the Puerco 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 southwesterly along the continental divide, which is the
				boundary of the presently-declared Bluewater Underground Water Basin, to a
				point common to the topographic drainage boundary of the Rio Grande stream
				system, the Rio Nutria stream system, and the Puerco River stream system in the
				northeast quarter of Section 23, Township 13 North, Range 15 West, N.M.P.M.;
				thence northwesterly along the topographic drainage boundary between the Puerco
				River stream system and the Rio Nutria stream system, passing along McKenzie
				Ridge, passing through the northeast quarter of Section 3, Township 13 North,
				Range 16 West, N.M.P.M.; thence westerly and southwesterly along the
				topographic drainage boundary between the Puerco River stream system and the
				Rio Nutria stream system, to a point common to the topographic drainage
				boundary of the Puerco River stream system, the Rio Nutria stream system and
				the Whitewater Arroyo stream system in the northeast quarter of Section 12,
				Township13 North, Range 17 West, N.M.P.M.; thence westerly and southwesterly
				along the topographic drainage boundary between the Puerco River stream system
				and Whitewater Arroyo stream system, passing through Township 13 North, Ranges
				17 through 19 West, Township 12 North, Ranges 19 through 21 West, to the point
				of intersection of the New Mexico-Arizona state line and said drainage boundary
				in the south half of Section 15, Township 12 North, Range 21 West, N.M.P.M.,
				near milepost 120; thence north along the New Mexico-Arizona state line to the
				point of beginning.
B. The
				boundaries of the extension of the Gallup Underground Water Basin, Special
				Order No. 151-A are described as follows: Beginning at the point of
				intersection of the New Mexico-Arizona state line and the topographic drainage
				boundary between the Rio Puerco stream system and Whitewater Arroyo stream
				system, which is a point on the boundary of the presently-declared Gallup
				Underground Water Basin, in the south half of Section 15, Township 12 North,
				Range 21 West, NMPM; thence easterly and northeasterly along said topographic
				drainage boundary, which is the boundary of the presently-declared Gallup
				Underground Water Basin, passing through Township 12 North, Ranges 21 through
				19 West and passing through Township 13 North, Ranges 19 through 17 West to a
				point common to the topographic drainage boundary of the Rio Puerco, Rio Nutria
				and Whitewater stream systems; thence easterly and northeasterly along the
				topographic drainage boundary between the Puerco River stream system and the
				Rio Nutria stream system and the southern boundary of the Gallup Underground
				Water Basin passing through the northeast quarter of Section 3, Township 13
				North, Range 16 West, NMPM; thence southeasterly passing along McKenzie Ridge
				to a point common to the topographic drainage boundary of the RioGrande, Rio
				Puerco and the Rio Nutria stream systems, which is a point on the presently
				declared Bluewater Underground Water Basin and the Continental Divide in the
				northeast quarter of Section 23, Township 13 North, Range 15 West, NMPM; thence
				southeasterly along the Continental Divide and the topographic drainage
				boundary of the Rio Grande and Zuni River stream systems passing along the
				crest of the Zuni Mountains to a point near the west line of Section 14,
				Township 9 North, Range 12 West, NMPM; thence southwesterly along the
				Continental Divide to the point common of the Bluewater Underground Water Basin
				and the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin and the Continental Divide located
				on the south section line of Section 15, Township 8 North, Range 13 West;
				thence southwesterly along the Continental Divide, which is the existing west
				boundary of the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin to the southwest corner of
				Section 31, Township 5 North, Range 15 West, NMPM; thence southeasterly along
				the Continental Divide to its intersection with the west line of Section 7,
				Township 1 North, Range 11 West, NMPM; thence southwesterly along the
				Continental Divide to its intersection with the east line of Section 22,
				Township 3 South, Range 15 West, a point on the existing Gila-San Francisco
				Underground Water Basin; thence north along the existing boundary of the
				Gila-San Francisco Underground Water Basin to the northwest corner of Section
				23, Township 3 South, Range 15 West, thence west along section lines to the
				southwest corner of Section 13, Township 3 South, Range 16 West; thence north
				along section line to the northwest corner of said Section 13; thence west
				along section line to the southwest corner of Section 11, Township 3 South,
				Range 16 West; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of said
				Section 11; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section
				5, Township 3 South, Range 16 West; thence south along section line to the
				southeast corner of Section 7, Township 3 South, Range 16 West; thence west
				along section line to the southwest corner of said Section 7; thence north
				along section line to the northwest corner of said Section 7; thence west along
				section lines to the southwest corner of Section 4, Township 3 South, Range 17
				West; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of Section 8,
				Township 3 South, Range 17 West; thence west along section line to the
				southwest corner of said Section 8; thence north along section lines to the
				southwest corner of Section 32, Township 2 South, Range 17 West; thence west
				along township line to the southwest corner of Section 34, Township 2 South,
				Range 18 West; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner or
				Section 9, Township 3 South, Range 18 West; thence west along section line to
				the southwest corner of said Section 9; thence south along section line to the
				southeast corner of Section 17, Township 3 South, Range 18 West; thence west
				along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 17, Township 3 South,
				Range 19 West; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of
				Section 19, Township 3 South, Range 19 West; thence west along section lines to
				the southwest corner of Section 21, Township 3 South, Range 20 West; thence
				south along section line to the southeast corner of Section 29, Township 3
				South, Range 20 West; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner
				of Section 25, Township 3 South, Range 21 West; thence south along section line
				to the southwest corner of Section 36, Township 3 South, Range 21 West; thence
				west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 33, Township 3
				South, Range 21 West a point at the intersection of the existing boundary of
				the Gila-San Francisco Underground Water Basin and the New Mexico-Arizona state
				line; thence north along the New Mexico-Arizona state line to the point of
				beginning.
C. [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
				MAP: See 7-28.1 Gallup Underground Water Basin,
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