Elephant Butte Irrigation District Explained

Elephant Butte Irrigation District
Nearest City:Las Cruces, New Mexico
Coordinates:32.2161°N -106.9586°W
Built:1906
Architecture:Irrigation System
Added:August 8, 1997
Area:6870acres
Refnum:97000822

The Elephant Butte Irrigation District is a 6870acres historic district in New Mexico and Texas which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The listing included three contributing buildings and 214 contributing structures, in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Sierra County, New Mexico and El Paso County, Texas.

It preserves portions of the Rio Grande Project, a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation project which distributes water of the upper Rio Grande River.[1]

It is in the area of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The district runs roughly along U.S. Route 85 between its junction with New Mexico State Road 90 and the El Paso, Texas city limits.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=97000822}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Elephant Butte Irrigation District / Rio Grande Project ]. National Park Service. David A. Phillips. Jr. . February 24, 1997 . May 15, 2018. With