New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER › Part 57 - TULAROSA UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN › Section 19.27.57.8 - TULAROSA UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. The lands declared within the Tularosa
				Underground Water Basin on July 7, 1982, are as follows: Beginning at the
				southwest corner of Section 35, T-26-S, R-6-E at a point on the New
				Mexico-Texas state line and the existing boundary of the Hueco Underground
				Water Basin; thence northerly along the existing boundary of said basin to the
				northwest corner of Section 17, T-23-S, R-7-E; thence westerly along said basin
				boundary to its intersection with the existing boundary of the Lower Rio Grande
				Underground Water Basin at the southwest corner of Section 29, T-23-S, R-4-E;
				thence northerly along the existing Lower Rio Grande Underground Water Basin
				boundary to the northeast corner of said basin at the northwest corner of
				Section 21, T-20-S, R-4-E; thence east along section line to the intersection
				of the south line of Section 16, T-20-S, R-4-E with the west drainage boundary
				of Bear Canyon tributary to the Tularosa Basin on the drainage divide between
				the Tularosa Basin and the Rio Grande stream system; thence northerly along the
				drainage divide between the Tularosa Basin and the Rio Grande stream system to
				its intersection with the west line of Section 27, T-13-S, R-2-E; thence north
				along section line to the northwest corner of said Section 27, a point on the
				existing boundary of the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin; thence
				northeasterly along the existing Rio Grande Underground Water Basin boundary to
				the northeast corner of Section 13, T-3-S, R-7-E; thence east from the existing
				Rio Grande Underground Water Basin boundary along section lines to the
				northeast corner of Section 16, T-3-S, R-9-E; thence north along section line
				to the northwest corner of Section 10, T-3-S, R-9-E, thence east along section
				line to the northeast corner of said Section 10; thence north along section
				lines to the northwest corner of Section 35, T-2-S, R-9-E; thence east along
				section line to the northeast corner of said Section 35; thence north along
				section lines to the northwest corner of Section 24, T-2-S, R-9-E; thence east
				along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 24; thence north
				along range line to the northwest corner of Section 18, T-2-S, R-10-E; thence
				east along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 18; thence
				north along section line and Lincoln-Socorro county line to the northwest
				corner of Section 8, T-2-S, R-10-E; thence east along section lines to the
				northeast corner of Section 9, T-2-S, R-10-E; thence north along section line
				to the northwest corner of Section 3, T-2-S, R-10-E; thence east along township
				line to the northeast corner of Section 2, T-2-S, R-10-E; thence north along
				section line to the northwest corner of Section 36, T-1-S, R-10-E; thence east
				along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 31, T-l-S, R-11-E;
				thence north along section line to the northwest corner of Section 29, T-l-S,
				R-11-E; thence east along section lines to the intersection with the drainage
				divide between the Tularosa Basin and the Pecos River stream system on the
				north line of Section 26, T-l-S, R-11-E; thence southerly along said drainage
				divide, passing through Tecolote Peak in Section 4, T-3-S, R-12-E; Jicarilla
				Peak in Section 18, T-5-S, R-13-E; Ancho Peak in Section 26, T-5-S, R-12-E;
				Patos Peak in Section 33, T-6-S, R-13-E; Indian Divide on Highway 380 near the
				northeast corner of Section 27, T-8-S, R-13-E; Nogal Peak in Section 28, T-9-S,
				R-11-E; Sierra Blanca within the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in Otero
				County; and Apache Summit on Highway 70 near the section line between Sections
				32 and 33, T-12-S, R-13-E, to the northernmost intersection of said drainage
				divide with the west line of Section 19, T-15-S, R-13-E, a point on the
				existing boundary of the Penasco Underground Water Basin; thence southwesterly
				along the existing boundary of the Penasco Underground Water Basin to its
				intersection with the drainage boundary between a tributary of San Andres
				Canyon tributary of the Tularosa Basin, Water Canyon of the Penasco River of
				the Pecos River stream system and the Sacramento River on the east line of the
				northwest quarter of Section 27, T-17-S, R-11-E; thence southerly along the
				drainage divide between the Tularosa Basin and the Sacramento River stream
				system, passing through Sacramento Peak in Section 33, T-17-S, R-11-E, to its
				intersection with the south line of Section 29, T-19-S, R-12-E; 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, T-19-S, R-12-E;
				thence east along section line to the northeast corner of Section 6, T-20-S,
				R-12-E; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 30,
				T-20-S, R-12-E; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of
				Section 25, T-20-S, R-11-E; thence south along section line to the southeast
				corner of Section 35, T-20-S, R-11-E; thence west along township line to the
				northeast corner of Section 4, T-21-S, R-11-E; thence south along section lines
				to the southeast corner of Section 21, T-21-S, R-11-E; 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, T-21-S, R-11-E; 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, T-21-S, R-11-E;
				thence west along township line to the northeast corner of Section 2, T-22-S,
				R-10-E; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 11,
				T-22-S, R-10-E; thence east along section lines to the northeast corner of
				Section 18, T-22-S, R-11-E; thence south along section lines to the southeast
				corner of Section 6, T-23-S, R-11-E; thence west along section line to the
				southwest corner of said Section 6; thence south along range line to the
				southeast corner of Section 36, T-24-S, R-10-E; thence west along township line
				to the northeast corner of Section 1, T-25-S, R-10-E; thence south along range
				line to the southeast corner of Section 25, T-25-S, R-10-E; thence west along
				section lines to the southwest corner of Section 26, T-25-S, R-10-E; thence
				south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 10, T-26-S,
				R-10-E; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 8,
				T-26-S, R-10-E; thence south along section lines to the intersection with the
				New Mexico - Texas state line at the southeast corner of Section 31, T-26-S,
				R-10-E; thence west along the New Mexico - Texas state line to the point of
				beginning.
B. [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
				MAP: See 7-31.1 & 2 Tularosa Underground Water Basin,
PDF file No.
				19.027.0057.8-Tularosa.]