Rio Ojo Caliente

The Rio Ojo Caliente (or Ojo Caliente River) is a tributary of the Rio Chama mostly in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with a small part near Ojo Caliente in Taos County.[1][2]

View of the Rio Ojo Caliente looking upstream from the bridge on the Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort and Spa's bosque loop trail

From the confluence of the Vallecitos River and Tusas Creek near La Madera, it flows southeast through a small canyon before turning southwest and entering the Ojo Caliente Valley. From here the river parallels US Route 285 and flows past the town of Ojo Caliente, feeding small irrigation canals along the way. South of the town, the Rio Ojo Caliente flows past Black Mesa, which separates its basin from that of the Rio Grande, before reaching its confluence with the Rio Chama near the town of Chile.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "In the Matter of the Application by Marisa Gallegos for Permit to Change Point of Diversion of Surface Water of the Rio Ojo Caliente, a Tributary to the Rio Chama and the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin in Northern New Mexico". ose.state.nm.us. 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio Ojo Caliente
  3. (PDF) https://nmgs.nmt.edu/publications/guidebooks/downloads/55/55_p0300_p0313.pdf. Retrieved 18 October 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1953 (1969 rev.)



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