Dead Car Rapid – Rapids in Taos, New Mexico

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 924752

Location

State New Mexico

County Taos

Feature Class Rapids

Coordinates

DMS

36°23'56"N 105°43'21"W

Decimal Degrees

36.3989116, -105.7225138

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Los Cordovas

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Carson

3.4 mi SW

Hydrography

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Description

On the Rio Grande

Nearby Features

Power Line Falls Rapid Rapids · 0.9 mi S
Rock Garden Rapids · 1.4 mi SSW
Arroyo del Alamo Stream · 3.1 mi SSE
Torres Tank Reservoir · 3.3 mi WNW
Carson Populated Place · 3.4 mi SW
Yellow Bank Rapid Rapids · 3.9 mi N
Sunset Rapid Rapids · 4.1 mi S
Lower Taos Canyon Valley · 4.1 mi S
Rio Pueblo de Taos Stream · 4.2 mi S
Orejas Tank Reservoir · 4.3 mi W

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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