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Pecos River below Acme

Highest listed crest 17.37 ftFlood stage 13.0 ft18 crests since 1904

The Pecos River below Acme crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 18 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1904 to 2024. The highest, 17.37 ft on August 21, 2022, was major flooding, 4.37 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
17.37 ft
August 21, 2022; 21,800 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
13.0 ft
Major flooding from 16.0 ft
Crests at major
1
6th of 46 gauges in New Mexico
Most recent flood crest
August 21, 2022
17.37 ft, major flooding
Location
Chaves County
New Mexico

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Pecos River below Acme
Action stage12.01Oct 20, 2024The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)13.04Sep 13, 2013Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage14.51May 28, 1937Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage16.01Aug 21, 2022Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

18 crests from 1904 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Pecos River below Acme, 1904 to 2024 81012141618ft Flood stage 13.0 ftMajor 16.0 ft Oct 1, 1904: 14.00 ft, minor floodingMay 28, 1937: 14.82 ft, moderate flooding; 53,000 cubic feet per secondSep 23, 1941: 13.71 ft, minor flooding; 45,000 cubic feet per secondSep 2, 1942: 11.38 ft, below flood stage; 37,000 cubic feet per secondJun 11, 1949: 8.74 ft, below flood stage; 11,800 cubic feet per secondJul 6, 1950: 9.98 ft, below flood stage; 18,300 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1954: 10.00 ft, below flood stage; 9,220 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 1960: 13.12 ft, minor flooding; 22,000 cubic feet per secondJun 2, 1963: 10.30 ft, below flood stage; 13,000 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 1999: 8.84 ft, below flood stage; 5,920 cubic feet per secondOct 6, 2004: 8.30 ft, below flood stage; 5,040 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 2013: 14.05 ft, minor flooding; 27,095 cubic feet per secondJul 4, 2014: 11.63 ft, below flood stage; 3,600 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2015: 10.97 ft, below flood stage; 3,350 cubic feet per secondAug 8, 2017: 11.04 ft, below flood stage; 2,940 cubic feet per secondOct 6, 2017: 11.62 ft, below flood stage; 3,350 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 2022: 17.37 ft, major flooding; 21,800 cubic feet per secondOct 20, 2024: 12.06 ft, action stage; 4,090 cubic feet per second Highest, 17.37 ft, Aug 21, 2022 192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Pecos River below Acme 1900s: 1 1 1910s: 0 1920s: 0 1930s: 1 1940s: 1 1950s: 0 1960s: 1 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 1 2020s: 1 1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
  3. 2 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 6.55 ft on Jul 13, 1922; 14.89 ft on Oct 7, 1954.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Pecos River below Acme
1Aug 21, 202217.37+4.37Major21,800
2May 28, 193714.82+1.82Moderate53,000
3Sep 13, 201314.05+1.05Minor27,095
4Oct 1, 190414.00+1.00Minor—
5Sep 23, 194113.71+0.71Minor45,000
6Jul 8, 196013.12+0.12Minor22,000
7Oct 20, 202412.06−0.94Action4,090
8Jul 4, 201411.63−1.37Below flood stage3,600
9Oct 6, 201711.62−1.38Below flood stage3,350
10Sep 2, 194211.38−1.62Below flood stage37,000
11Aug 8, 201711.04−1.96Below flood stage2,940
12May 24, 201510.97−2.03Below flood stage3,350
13Jun 2, 196310.30−2.70Below flood stage13,000
14May 18, 195410.00−3.00Below flood stage9,220
15Jul 6, 19509.98−3.02Below flood stage18,300
16May 1, 19998.84−4.16Below flood stage5,920
17Jun 11, 19498.74−4.26Below flood stage11,800
18Oct 6, 20048.30−4.70Below flood stage5,040

The worst floods along the Pecos River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Pecos River that crested above flood stage within a week.

May 28, 1937: 14.82 ft here, moderate flooding

September 23, 1941: 13.71 ft here, minor flooding

  • Lake ArthurNM · Sep 24, 1941 · 21.90 ft · Minor · its highest

Gauges on the Pecos River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Pecos River
Acme this gaugeNM13.017.37 ft, Aug 21, 20221
Lake ArthurNM20.021.90 ft, Sep 24, 19410

Other gauges in Chaves County

Flood gauges in Chaves County
Lake Arthur20.021.90 ft, Sep 24, 19410
Roswell26.028.78 ft, Sep 22, 19411

Chaves County: every hazard · River floods across the country · New Mexico

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ACMN5, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.