Embudo, New Mexico facts for kids
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Embudo, New Mexico
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 Embudo, New Mexico
Location in New Mexico
Embudo, New Mexico
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State | New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| County | Rio Arriba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 5,824 ft (1,775 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GNIS feature ID | 915823 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Embudo (also Embudo Station) is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It is on New Mexico State Road 68. The Embudo Station is located 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south of the intersection of New Mexico State Road 75, near where the Embudo Creek (Rio Embudo) flows into the Rio Grande.
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Today, from the state road a concrete bridge, replacing the old wooden bridge, crosses the Rio Grande to the "Embudo Historic District" which consists of the old railway station and associated buildings. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) gauging station at Embudo, to measure the flow of the Rio Grande, was the first (USGS) stream gauging station and was established by John Wesley Powell in 1888. Embudo was also the first USGS training center for hydrographers.
Embudo was originally on U.S. Route 64 (US 64), a major national east-west highway and the main route between Santa Fe and Taos. In 1974 US 64 was realigned to end at Tonopah, Arizona rather than Santa Fe by passing Embudo.
Equally interesting as the old railroad station are the Casa Piedras also known as the Rock-a-Bye, the station master's home about a mile north of the station. The station master veneered his home and outbuildings with river rock cobbles, it is said to pass the time.
Notable people
- Raul Midón, musician
- Casimiro Barela, Colorado politician
- Susan K. Herrera, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
Images for kids
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View of the mesa in 1885. The tracks for the Chili Line, now gone, can be seen in the foreground. Note funnel-shaped hill in background.
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Similar view ca. 2008. NM Route 68 to Taos at right.
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Rio Grande just upstream from the Embudo Bridge
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one of the finds at Johnnie Meier Classical Gas Museum in Embudo.
