Flooding Continues Downstream

Carol Bondy

A reader this week reached out to us.   Her property and the property along their road about 1/4 mile north of the Chevron station have seen the water table rise significantly in the past two months as the river water levels have risen. Water is flooding three out of six families living here.   This is downstream from where the channel work was done.

Water is seeping up from the ground so that the road has been continually wet since November and is worsening significantly. Minerals are leeching from underground and killing all the vegetation.  

We are wondering if the people living north of us are having similar issues. We believe this situation has something to do with the flood mitigation efforts up river. We would like to organize all being effected by this so we can get help before the spring run-off. 

I have lived here 32 years, since I bought my property at age 25. I have never seen anything like this here. I have worked very hard to build a home for my daughter. Watching what is happening to my neighbors is frightening. As for the three of us not flooded yet, we will be by Spring.

Abiquiu News has reached out to various agencies.   We urge the agencies to have a joint town hall meeting.   

This is a story in progress.   Please leave comments if you are continuing to be affected by flooding.​

Despite dry weather the road has remained wet.