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110:35.39437°N 106.54702°W
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710:Categories
690:Avalon Dam
675:Sumner Dam
629:San Acacia
548:Rio Grande
442:2012-08-28
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337:References
282:Recreation
272:Rio Grande
213:New Mexico
132:and storm
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288:acre-feet
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649:American
639:Leasburg
578:Galisteo
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644:Mesilla
598:Amistad
593:Caballo
573:Cochiti
568:Abiquiu
563:El Vado
553:Platoro
306:Gallery
246:History
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