Rio Grande at Albuquerque
Bernalillo County, New Mexico
The past week
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What floods at each level
- 12.5 ft
River levels have risen to the top of most levees and dikes and has overtopped them in several areas of the city. The flow now exceeds that observed during the big flood of 1942.
- 10 ft
Significant lowland flooding is occurring mainly outside of levee protected areas. Even those areas protected by levees and dikes should be closely monitored as the river flow now exceeds any experienced since the mid 1940s.
- 8 ft
Dikes and levees constructed after the floods of 1942 protect developed and personal property near the river in the Albuquerque metropolitan area. Levee heights range from 8 to 12 feet. Further upriver and downriver from the dikes and levees, water is flowing over natural banks flooding agricultural and grazing lowlands. Sustained flows of 8000 to 10,000 cubic feet per second over a period of 5 to 10 days would likely result in significant bank erosion outside of levee protected areas.
Highest crests on record
| Date | Level | Flow |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 1942 | 12.3 ft | 25,000 cfs |
| Aug 9, 1967 | 7.82 ft | 13,300 cfs |
| Apr 23, 1985 | 7.21 ft | 9,370 cfs |
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