Arroyo Del Agua, New Mexico

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Arroyo Del Agua, New Mexico
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Arroyo Del Agua
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Arroyo Del Agua
Arroyo Del Agua (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°9′34″N106°39′8″W / 36.15944°N 106.65222°W / 36.15944; -106.65222
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Rio Arriba
Elevation
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2,083 m (6,834 ft)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
87012
Area code 575
GNIS feature ID903323 [1]

Arroyo Del Agua, is a populated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It lies at an elevation of 6,834 feet / 2,083 meters along the north bank of the Rio Puerco, above its confluence with its tributary Salitral Creek. [1]

History

Arroyo Del Agua, is mentioned in the itinerary of Antonio Armijo as a stopping place of his expedition that pioneered his 1829-1830 route of the Old Spanish Trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico and Mission San Gabriel in California. [2] [3]

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