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Gallo Arroyo Watershed

Description of Watershed

The total estimated area in the watershed is 470,326 acres. This watershed is located in Torrance, Lincoln, and Chaves counties in south central portion of New Mexico.

The land uses in this watershed consist of rangeland and woodland. The watershed area is in the Pecos-Canadian Plains and Valleys resource areas. The topography ranges from steep limestone,  pinon-juniper covered hills on the north side of the Capitan Mountains to mixed brush and grass covered plains to the northeast.  The soils range from very shallow cobbly loam to moderately deep cobbly loams above caliche covered limestone, with deep clay loam and clayey soils along the arroyos leading east towards the Pecos River.

The Gallo watershed has approximately 56 ranch operating units. In the rangeland area of the watershed there are about 454,226 acres.  The ranches are mostly cow/calf and wildlife production operations.

Gallo Arroyo Watershed Map
Land Use Lincoln Acres Chaves Acres Torrance Acres Total Acres
Cropland 0 0 0 0
Range 433,398 12,251 8,577 454,226
Forest 15,179 0 908 16,087
Developed 13 0 0 13
Water 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0
Total 448,590 12,251 9,485 470,326

Counties in Watershed

 

Stewardship Payments
Tier I Tier II Tier III
Non-Irrigated Cropland $0.29/ac $1.15/ac $2.59/ac
Irrigated Cropland $0.90/ac $3.60/ac $8.10/ac
Pastureland $0.21/ac $0.85/ac $1.91/ac
Rangeland $0.05/ac $0.20/ac $0.45/ac

The following document requires  Microsoft Excel.

Microsoft Excel DocumentGallo Arroyo Watershed New Practice and Enhancement Cost List ( 36KB)

 
Program Contact - New Mexico
Local Contact
Carrizozo Service Center
Bob Moorhead, District Conservationist
409 Central Avenue
P.O. Box 457
Carrizozo, New Mexico 88301
Phone:  (505)648-2941
Fax:  (505)648-2558
Email:  bob.moorhead@nm.usda.gov

State Office Contact
Leah B. Ricke
Resource Conservationist - Programs
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Phone: (505)761-4444
Fax: (505)761-4462
Email: leah.ricke@nm.usda.gov

 
National Information
 Conservation Security Program
 CSP Self Assessment Link
 View and print the Self Assessment Workbook
 CSP Interim Final Rule
 USDA Selects Watersheds for CSP 2005 Sign-Up