Galisteo Dam (National ID # NM00002) is a dam in
Santa Fe County, New Mexico
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The earthen dam was constructed in 1970 by the
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
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, and ...
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
The acre-foot is a non- SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows.
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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
Kewa Pueblo ( Eastern Keres , Keres: ''Díiwʾi'', Navajo: ''Tó Hájiiloh'') is a federally-recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in northern New Mexico, in Sandoval County southwest of Santa Fe. The pueblo is recorded as the Santo ...
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Dams in New Mexico
Reservoirs in New Mexico
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Buildings and structures in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Dams completed in 1970
Dams in the Rio Grande basin
Bodies of water of Santa Fe County, New Mexico
1970 establishments in New Mexico