Galisteo Dam
Galisteo Dam (National ID # NM00002) is a dam in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The earthen dam was constructed in 1970 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers with a height of 164 feet and 2820 feet long at its crest. Built solely for flood control and sediment impoundment on Galisteo Creek, with its "long history of violent floods", the main line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad was relocated to accommodate the project. The dam is owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers. The reservoir it creates, Galisteo Reservoir, is ordinarily dry. Its maximum capacity is 152,600 acre-feet. No water recreation is available. Although the approximately five-acre site is open to the public for day use, the site is surrounded by private lands and lands of the Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico, Kewa Pueblo. References

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Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Santa Fe County ( es, Condado de Santa Fe; meaning ''Holy faith'' in Spanish) is located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 144,170, making it New Mexico's third-most populous county, after Bernalillo County and Doña Ana County. Its county seat is Santa Fe, the state capital. Santa Fe County includes the Santa Fe metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Albuquerque–Santa Fe–Las Vegas combined statistical area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.08%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in New Mexico by area. The highest point in the county is the summit of Santa Fe Baldy at . It is drained by the Rio Grande and several of its small tributaries. Adjacent counties * Rio Arriba County - north * Mora County - northeast * San Miguel County - east * Torrance County - south * Bernalillo County - southwest * Sandoval County - west * Los Alamos ...
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