Peak flows at two stream gages (on the Rio San José below Grants, NM,
and on the Arroyo Chico just above its confluence with the Rio Puerco)
exhibit a difference of flood amplitudes of about a factor of 10. The
basins are nearly of the same size and mean elevation.
Peak flow data
for these stations are available from USGS at URLs:
http://water.usgs.gov/swr/NM/data.modules/peak.cgi?statnum=08340500
and
http://water.usgs.gov/swr/NM/data.modules/peak.cgi?statnum=08343500.
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