Stinking Lake (also known as Burford Lake) is a lake in

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Rio Arriba County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,246. Its county seat is Tierra Amarilla. Its northern border is the Colorado state line. Rio Arriba County comprises the Española, N ...

, in the

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. Stinking is likely borrowed from the Tewa-language name.

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Lakes of New Mexico Lakes of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub