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Seasonal changes in ground-water levels in the shallow aquifer near Hagerman and the Pecos River, Chaves County, New Mexico

Open-File Report 88-197
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr88197

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Abstract

The Pecos River near Hagerman in Chaves County, New Mexico, historically has been a gaining stream. In 1938, the slope of the water table in the shallow alluvial aquifer near Hagerman was toward the Pecos River. By 1950, a large water-table depression had formed in the alluvial aquifer southwest of Hagerman. Continued enlargement of this depression could reverse the direction of groundwater flow to the Pecos River. Water levels were measured during 1981-85 in wells along a section extending from the Pecos River to a point within the depression. Although the water-table depression has not caused a perennial change in direction of groundwater flow, it has caused a seasonal reversal in the slope of the water table between the river and the depression during the growing season when pumpage from the shallow aquifer is the greatest. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

Garn, H., 1988, Seasonal changes in ground-water levels in the shallow aquifer near Hagerman and the Pecos River, Chaves County, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-197, iv, 19 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr88197.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Seasonal changes in ground-water levels in the shallow aquifer near Hagerman and the Pecos River, Chaves County, New Mexico
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 88-197
DOI 10.3133/ofr88197
Year Published 1988
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iv, 19 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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