The Cochiti Dam is an earthen fill dam located on the Rio Grande in Sandoval County, New Mexico, approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. By volume of material, it is the 23rd largest dam in the world at 62,849,000 yd3 (48,052,000 m3) of material,[1] one of the ten largest such dams in the United States,[2] and the eleventh largest such dam in the world.[3] Cochiti Dam is one of the four United States Army Corps of Engineers projects for flood and sediment control on the Rio Grande system, operating in conjunction with Abiquiu Dam, Galisteo Dam and Jemez Canyon Dam.
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^"Cochiti Lake". Archived from the original on June 25, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
^"Facility Details - Cochiti Area, New Mexico - Recreation.gov". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
The CochitiDam is an earthen fill dam located on the Rio Grande in Sandoval County, New Mexico, approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of Albuquerque, New...
Buchanan Dam site had been rejected, the Cochiti project was already underway using conventional techniques. The nuclear aspect of the Cochiti project...
man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated...
and San Acacia diversion dams. Rehabilitation of these dams, and construction of the CochitiDam were undertaken by the Middle Rio Grande Project. The...
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Albuquerque Basin. It is responsible for the stretch of river from the CochitiDam in Sandoval County in the north, through Bernalillo County, Valencia...
Division was formerly served by the Cochiti Diversion Dam, rehabilitated in 1958, but is now supplied directly from CochitiDam. The distribution and drainage...
the United States. Cochiti Pueblo – Keres speakers. Known for its ceramic storyteller figurines, drums, and the nearby CochitiDam Isleta Pueblo – Tiwa...
kinds of obstacles to trail development. In particular, the lake behind CochitiDam backs into White Rock Canyon. Features of the proposed trail corridor...
Dams on the Rio Grande include Rio Grande Dam, CochitiDam, Elephant Butte Dam, Caballo Dam, Amistad Dam, Falcon Dam, Anzalduas Dam, and Retamal Dam....
Mexico, to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. Now it can only be seen between CochitiDam and Elephant Butte Reservoir. It is a stout silvery minnow with moderately...
River (New Mexico) Jaramillo Creek Santa Fe River (New Mexico) CochitiDam and Cochiti Lake (New Mexico) Rio Chiquito (New Mexico) Pojoaque River (New...
watercourse, and the affected watersheds lie immediately upstream from CochitiDam, which manages flood control in the middle Rio Grande Valley, fears of...
responsibility. Before entering the basin the river is impounded by the CochitiDam, built in 1975. After leaving the basin via Socorro, the river is impounded...
may pass along the base of Caja del Rio. Bandelier National Monument CochitiDam Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Los Alamos County, New Mexico...
summer seasons. The dam is owned by the Corps of Engineers, and operated by the Corps and the Cochiti Lake Project Office. Jemez Canyon Dam was constructed...
Pueblo, New Mexico S.H. 22 Bridge NM 22 Near Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico CochitiDamDam Crest Road Near Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico Otowi Suspension Bridge...
Juan-Chama water annually to maintain the recreation pool at Cochiti Reservoir. The dam can supply about 96,200 acre-feet (118,700,000 m3) of San Juan-Chama...
(from south to north: the Pueblos of Santa Ana, San Felipe, Kewa, and Cochiti). I-25 turns to the northeast and away from the Rio Grande, alongside which...
the lake on their reservation. This body of water was formed by an ancient dam that was constructed by the Laguna people. After the Pueblo Revolt of 1680–1696...
El Camino Real. Running through the Cochiti Indian Reservation, the road meets Dam Crest Road, which serves Cochiti Lake along the Rio Grande. At Tetilla...
1600. The inhabitants relocated to pueblos near the Rio Grande, such as Cochiti and San Ildefonso Pueblos, which have been occupied ever since. Other,...
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