New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 36 - HONDO BASIN › Section 19.27.36.8 - HONDO BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The lands
				included within the Hondo Basin are as follows:
TOWNSHIP RANGE SECTION DATE DECLARED
9 S. 13 E. 1 thru 3, 10
thru 15, 20
thru 36 9/5/69
9 S. 14 E. All 9/5/69
9 S. 15 E. All 9/1/53
9 S. 16 E. All 9/1/53
10 S. 13 E. All 9/5/69
10 S. 14 E. All 9/5/69
10 S. 15 E. All 9/1/53
10 S. 16 E. All 9/1/53
10 S. 17 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 13 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 14 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 15 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 16 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 17 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 18 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 19 E. All 9/1/53
11 S. 20 E. 4 thru 9, 16 9/1/53
thru 21, 28
thru 33
12 S. 18 E. 1 thru 3, 10 9/1/53
thru 15
12 S. 19 E. 1 thru 18 9/1/53
The lands included by the extension of December 28, 1984, are
				  as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 12 South,
				  Range 16 East, a point on the existing boundary of the Hondo and Roswell
				  Underground Water Basins; thence south along the existing boundary of the
				  Roswell Underground Water Basin to the southeast corner of said Section 1;
				  thence west along section line to the southwest corner of said Section 1;
				  thence south along section line to the southeast corner of Section 11, Township
				  12 South, Range 16 East; thence west along section lines to the southwest
				  corner of Section 10, Township 12 South, Range 16 East; thence north along
				  section line to the northwest corner of said Section 10; thence west along
				  section line to the southwest corner of Section 4, Township 12 South, Range 16
				  East; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of said Section
				  4, a point on the existing boundary of the Hondo Underground Water basin;
				  thence west along the existing boundary of the Hondo Underground Water Basin to
				  the northeast corner of Section 2, Township 12 South, Range 15 East; thence
				  south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 11, Township 12
				  South, Range 15 East; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of
				  said Section 11; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of
				  Section 22, Township 12 South, Range 15 East; thence west along section lines
				  to the southwest corner of Section 19, Township 12 South, Range 15 East; thence
				  north along range line to the northeast corner of Section 24, Township 12
				  South, Range 14 East; thence west along section lines to the northwest corner
				  of Section 22, Township 12 South, Range 14 East; thence south along section
				  line to the southeast corner of Section 21, Township 12 South, Range 14 East;
				  thence west along section line to the southwest corner of said Section 21;
				  thence south along section line to the southeast corner of Section 29, Township
				  12 South, Range 14 East; thence west along section line to the southwest corner
				  of said Section 29; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of
				  Section 31, Township 12 South, Range 14 East; thence west along township line
				  to the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 13 South, Range 13 East; thence
				  south along range line to the southeast corner of Section 24, Township 13
				  South, Range 13 East; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner
				  of Section 23, Township 13 South, Range 13 East; thence north along section
				  line to intersection with the drainage divide between the Tularosa Basin and
				  the Pecos River Stream System, a point on the existing boundary of the Tularosa
				  Underground Water Basin; thence northerly along the existing Tularosa
				  Underground Water Basin boundary to intersection with the north line of Section
				  2, Township 8 South, Range 13 East; thence east along township line to the
				  northeast corner of Section 5, Township 8 South, Range 14 East; thence south
				  along section line to the southeast corner of said Section 5; thence east along
				  section lines to the northeast corner of Section 9, Township 8 South, Range 15
				  East; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of said Section
				  9; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of Section 15,
				  Township 8 South, Range 15 East; thence south along section line to
				  intersection with the north drainage divide of the Hondo Stream System; thence
				  easterly along said north drainage divide through Padilla Point and Pierce
				  Canyon Pass to the intersection of the east drainage boundary of a tributary to
				  Chavez Canyon, thence southerly along the east drainage boundary of Chavez
				  Canyon to intersection with the north line of Section 6, Township 9 South,
				  Range 17 East; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of said
				  Section 6; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section
				  30, Township 9 South, Range 17 East; thence east along section lines to the
				  southeast corner of Section 28, Township 9 South, Range 17 East; thence due
				  south to intersection with the existing boundary of the Hondo Underground Water
				  Basin; thence east and south along the existing basin boundary to the southwest
				  corner of Section 18, Township 10 South, Range 18 East; thence east along
				  section lines to the southeast corner of Section 17, Township 10 South, Range
				  18 East; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section
				  32, Township 10 South, Range 18 East, a point on the existing boundary of the
				  Hondo Underground Water Basin; thence east, south, westerly along the existing
				  basin boundary to the point of beginning.
B. The corrected boundaries of the extension
				of the Hondo Underground Water Basin as originally intended by Special Order
				No. 144 are as follows (corrections are
underlined
):
				Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 12, Township (T)
				(
12)
South (S) , Range (R) 16 East (E) , New Mexico
				Principal
Meridian
(N.M.P.M.), point on the boundary
				of the existing Hondo and Roswell Underground Water Basins; thence westerly
				along the south boundary of the existing Hondo Underground Water Basin to the
				southwest corner of Section 19, T 13 S, R 14 E, N.M.P.M.; thence south along
				section lines to the southwest corner of Section 31, T 13 S, R 14 E, N.M.P.M.;
				thence east along section line to the northwest corner of Section 5, T 14 S, R
				14 E, N.M.P.M.; thence south along section line to the southwest corner of said
				section 5; thence east along section line to the northwest corner of Section 9,
				T 14 S, R 14 E, N.M.P.M.; thence south along section line to the southwest
				corner of said Section 9; thence east along section lines to the southeast
				corner of Section 10, T 14 S, R 15 E, N.M.P.M.; thence north along section line
				to the east quarter corner of said Section 10; thence east to the east quarter
				corner of Section 10, T 14 S, R 16 E, N.M.P.M. ; thence north along section
				line to the northeast corner of said Section 10; thence east along section
				lines to the southeast corner of Section 1, T 14 S, R 16 E, a point on the west
				boundary of the existing Roswell Underground Water Basin; thence north along
				range line and said west boundary of the Roswell Underground Water Basin to the
				point of beginning.
C. [TOWNSHIP
				AND RANGE MAP: See 7-9.1 Hondo Underground Water Basin,
PDF file
				19.027.0036.8-Hondo.]