Embudo Stream Gauging Station

Embudo Stream Gauging Station
The Gauging Station in 2011
LocationEmbudo, New Mexico
Designated25 Jan 1974
Reference no.309

The Embudo Stream Gauging Station is a stream gauge established in 1888 as the United States Geologic Survey's first training center for hydrographers. The station, near the town of Embudo along the Rio Grande in northern New Mexico, was used to develop tools and techniques for measuring stream flow in the arid, western United States.

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