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Purgatoire River at Ninemile Dam near Higbee

River gage · PURNINCO · USGS 07126500 · Division 2 · Water District 17 · Otero County

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The record

Period of record
1924-10-01 → 2026-07-06
Daily values
37,169
Latest cached reading
0.0 cfs (2026-07-06)
Trend
decreasing, -7.33 cfs/decade (-12.7% of median)
Pettitt changepoint
~1969

Readings come from the weekly-refreshed cache, never fetched live — the date beside the value says exactly how fresh it is. The live gage is one click up.

Annual flow & trend

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Where it sits

Location as DWR records it (4.0).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation PURNINCO; recorded station name “PURGATOIRE RIVER AT NINEMILE DAM NEAR HIGBEE”; operated by DWR. Daily flows from the DWR HydroBase snapshot plus CDSS REST updates, refreshed on the weekly cycle. Trend statistics are Mann-Kendall (Hamed-Rao corrected) with Sen's slope in native cfs, the same numbers as the basin Trends tab.