Civil Engineering ETDs

A Historical Study of Flood Prior to 1892 in the Rio Grande Watershed, New Mexico

Rufus H. Carter Jr.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is twofold; first, to collect as much recorded data as possible on the floods in the Rio Grande watershed in New Mexico prior to 1892, and second, to summarize that data with particular reference to hydrologic and economic fact that appear in the record.