Belen Division Field Office

Physical Address	Mailing Address	Phone Numbers
25 General Edward Baca Belen, NM  87002	PO Box 1291 Belen, NM  87002	505-864-7466 FAX: 505-864-8824
Sloan Washburn	Division Manager	505-328-7867 (cell)
Tom Flores	Construction Supervisor	505-389-3803 (cell)
Erica Alvarado	Division Clerk II	505-864-7466
April Ash	Division Clerk	505-864-7466
Jim Russell	Maintenance/Equipment Supervisor	505-917-3124 (cell)
Loretta Scott	Field Maintenance Supervisor	505-328-7378 (cell)

 

The Belen Division is the largest division of the MRGCD.  It serves irrigated acreage in Valencia and northern Socorro Counties. It is largely rural, but encompasses the cities of Belen and Los Lunas, and the villages of Peralta and Bosque Farms. The Division also serves Isleta Pueblo. 

The Belen Division receives water diverted from the Rio Grande by the Isleta Diversion dam. Significant flow also enters the west side of the Division directly from the Albuquerque Division. The dam, being a low head diversion structure, incorporates canal intakes along both banks, and a series of 30 radial gates to control head behind the structure. 

The Division operates and maintains about 505 miles of ditch which provide irrigation for the benefit of about 30,100 acres and is staffed by 60 employees.

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Work Schedule

 March 16-20, 2020

Construction Crews

work on access gates division wide

Blade and build up banks San Francisco Lateral

Run water on Belen HighLine Canal

pour concrete heads on Los Lunas Acequia

turnout installs LIttle Chical, Otero Lateral and Hells Canyon Lateral

 

Maintenance Crews

unplugging siphons on Belen High Line 

Mowing on Unit 7 Drain

Mowing on Tome Interior Drain

Mowing Peralta Riverside Drain

Weed removal Division wide

Cut trees Old Belen Acequia

Cut trees Rincon Acequia

Cut trees Sausal Interior Drain

unplug crossing on Valencia Drain under Valencia Ditch

 

 

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