Water-Level Data for the Albuquerque Basin and Adjacent Areas, Central New Mexico, Period of Record Through 2004

Abstract

The Albuquerque Basin, located in central New Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25 to 40 miles wide. The basin is defined as the extent of consolidated and unconsolidated deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age that encompass the structural Rio Grande Rift within the basin. Drinking-water supplies throughout the Albuquerque Basin are obtained solely from groundwater resources. An increase of approximately 20 percent in the population from 1991 to present also resulted in an increased demand for water. From April 1982 through September 1983, a network of wells was established to monitor changes in groundwater levels throughout the Albuquerque Basin. This network consisted of 6 wells with analog-to-digital recorders and 27 wells where water levels were measured monthly. Currently (2004), the network consists of 234 wells and piezometers. This report presents waterlevel data collected by U.S. Geological Survey personnel at 155 sites through 2004. Water-level and other data for 71 sites are collected by other agencies. Water-level data for 8 sites of the 155 sites measured by the U.S. Geological Survey were not available for this report.

Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2020

“…Discontinuity in numbering sequence is due to wells omitted from this report because of lack of recent data collection. Data from discontinued wells can be seen in previous USGS open-file reports and data series (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2009Beman, , 2015Beman, , 2020Beman and Torres, 2010;Beman and Bryant, 2016;Beman and others, 2019;Ritchie and Galanter, 2019 (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2009Beman, , 2015Beman, , 2020Beman and Torres, 2010;Beman and Bryant, 2016;Beman and others, 2019;Ritchie and Galanter, 2019)] (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2009Beman, , 2015Beman, , 2020Beman and Torres, 2010;Beman and Bryant, 2016;Beman and others, 2019;Ritchie and Galanter, 2019 (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003...…”

“…The purpose of this report is to present groundwaterlevel data collected from the Albuquerque Basin well network during the 2020 water year (October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020). Measurements at certain wells have been discontinued for various reasons; groundwater-level data that were collected from those discontinued wells in previous water years can be found in previous USGS reports (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2009Beman, , 2015Beman, , 2020Beman and Torres, 2010;Beman and Bryant, 2016;Beman and others, 2019;Ritchie and Galanter, 2019). A water year is the 12-month period from October 1 through September 30 and is designated by the calendar year in which it ends.…”

Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2022

“…The purpose of this report is to present water-level data collected from the groundwater monitoring network in the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas during the 2022 water year (October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. Measurements at certain wells have been discontinued for various reasons; water-level data that were collected from those wells in previous water years can be found in previous USGS reports (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2009Beman, , 2015Beman, , 2020Beman and Torres, 2010;Beman and Bryant, 2016;Beman and others, 2019;Ritchie and Galanter, 2019;Jurney and Bell, 2021;Bell and Montero, 2022).…”

Water-level data for the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas, central New Mexico, period of record through September 30, 2015

“…Discontinuity in numbering sequence is due to wells omitted from this report because of lack of recent data collection. Data from discontinued wells can be seen in previous USGS open-file reports and data series (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2015Beman and Torres, 2010 (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2015Beman and Torres, 2010 (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2015Beman and Torres, 2010 The USGS, in cooperation with the ABCWUA, currently (2015) measures and reports water levels from the 124 wells and piezometers in the network (table 1). Monitoring-well locations within the basin and adjacent areas are shown in figure 1, and those within the Albuquerque metropolitan area are shown in figure 2.…”

“…Water-level data collected from the Albuquerque Basin and adjacent areas for the period of record through September 30, 2015, are presented. Water-level data that were collected from wells in previous water years, but not during the 2015 water year, can be found in previous versions of this report (Kues, 1987;Rankin, 1994Rankin, , 1996Rankin, , 2000DeWees, , 2003DeWees, , 2006Beman, , 2015Beman and Torres, 2010).…”