Regional flow reports for 11/13/25!

by Rock Snot

Here are flows for 11/13/2025! Flows are still great on the Racecourse and Orilla Verde, with reported flows of 692 cfs (and an estimated flow of 661 cfs for the Taos Box). Rio Chama is still low, with the Abiquiu Wave coming in with a reported flow of 45 cfs. Up in Colorado, the Arkansas of the Royal Gorge is reported at 378 cfs. On the Upper Colorado, Gore Canyon and the Pumphouse sections have reported flows of 462 cfs, and downstream on the Barrel Springs and Shoshone sections the reported flow is 785 cfs. On the South Platte, Waterton Canyon has a reported flow of 295 cfs. And out west in Utah, Cataract Canyon of the Colorado River has a reported flow of 4,360 cfs (at Gypsum Canyon near Hite, UT).

Rio Grande

• Rio Grande near Del Norte: 382 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/RIODELCO?params=DISCHRG

• Ute Mountain (Lobatos Gauge): 544 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/RIOLOBCO?params=DISCHRG

• Razorblade (Cerro Gauge): 556 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Upper Taos Box (Cerro Gauge): 556 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Middle Taos Box (Cerro Gauge + Red River Gauge below Fish Hatchery, NM): 597 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D and https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08266820/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Lower Taos Box (Taos Junction Bridge, NM): 661 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D and https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276300/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Orilla Verde (Taos Junction Bridge, NM): 692 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Racecourse (Taos Junction Bridge, NM): 692 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• White Rock Canyon (Otowi Bridge, NM): 812 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08313000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Rio Chama

• Rio Chama (La Puente Gauge): 44 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08284100/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Rio Chama (below El Vado Gauge): 103 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08285500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Rio Chama (above Abiquiu Reservoir): 119 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08286500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Rio Chama (below Abiquiu Dam): 45 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08287000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Red River

• Below Fish Hatchery near Questa, NM: 41 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08266820/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Rio Pueblo de Taos

• Below Los Cordovas, NM: 30 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276300/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Jemez

• Near Jemez, NM: 19 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08324000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Canadian River

• Near Taylor Springs, NM: NA [note: equipment malfunction], https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/07211500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Pecos River

• Near Pecos, NM: 53 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08378500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Near Anton Chico, NM: 3 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08379500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Below Brantley Dam near Carlsbad, NM: 20 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08401500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Gila River

• Near Gila Hot Springs, NM: 34 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430030/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Near Gila, NM: 63 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Near Redrock, NM: 25 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09431500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

San Francisco River

• At Reserve, NM: 1 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09442681/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• Near Glenwood, NM: 30 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09444000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Arkansas River

• Pine Creek/Numbers/Fractions, CO: At Granite Gauge: 92 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKGRNCO?params=DISCHRG; Below Granite Gauge, main Pine Creek/Numbers/Fractions gauge: NA, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/07087050/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D

• Browns Canyon (near Nathrop Gauge, CO): NA, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/07091200/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

• At Salida, CO: 291 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKSALCO?params=DISCHRG

• Royal Gorge (Wellsville Gauge, CO): 378 cfs, https://www.dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKWELCO?params=DISCHRG

San Juan River

• At Pagosa Springs, CO: 202 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09342500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

• At Farmington, NM: 807 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09365000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Piedra River

• Near Arboles, CO: NA, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09349800/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

Animas River

• Below Silverton, CO: 48 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09358000/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

• At Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma, CO: 165 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09359500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

• At Durango, CO: 303 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09361500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

• Below Aztec, NM: 369 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09364010/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Gauges Pages:

• American Whitewater - Arizona: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-index/state/USA-ARZ

• American Whitewater - Colorado: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-index/state/USA-COL

• American Whitewater - Texas: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-index/state/USA-TEX

• American Whitewater - New Mexico: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-index/state/USA-NME

• American Whitewater - Utah: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-index/state/USA-UTA

• Stations - Current Conditions - Colorado Department of Natural Resources: https://dwr.state.co.us/tools/stations

• USGS Current Conditions for New Mexico: Streamflow: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/state/new-mexico/#groupBy=huc6&sortOrder=id-ascending

• USGS Current Conditions for USGS 07087050 ARKANSAS RIVER BELOW GRANITE, CO: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?07087050

• USGS Current Conditions for USGS 08447300 Pecos Rv at Brotherton Rh nr Pandale, TX: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=08447300

• USGS Current Conditions for USGS 09380000 COLORADO RIVER AT LEES FERRY, AZ: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/az/nwis/uv?site_no=09380000

More Regional flows reports:

Rio Grande (Box Canyon near Creede, CO): 2 cfs

Rio Grande (Wagon Wheel Gap, CO): 201 cfs

Rio Grande (Hoodoos Section of Big Bend, TX): 17 cfs

Rio Grande (Mariscal Section of Big Bend, TX): 67 cfs

Pecos River (near Pandale, TX): 53 cfs

Cache La Poudre (at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins, CO): 64 cfs (more accurate flows can be found at Poudre Rock Report: http://www.poudrerockreport.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/rockreport)

Clear Creek (near Lawson, CO): 40 cfs

Clear Creek (at Golden, CO): 48 cfs

Colorado River (Gore Canyon, CO): 462 cfs

Colorado River (Pumphouse Section, CO): 462 cfs

Colorado River (Shoshone Section, CO): 785 cfs

Colorado River (Westwater Canyon, UT): 2,480 cfs

Colorado River (Cataract Canyon, UT): 4,360 cfs

Colorado River (Grand Canyon, AZ): about 8,520 cfs - about 9,100 cfs

Green River (near Greendale, UT): 847 cfs

Green River (near Jensen, UT): 1,290 cfs

Conejos River (below Platoro Reservoir, CO): 19 cfs

Dolores River (below McPhee Reservoir, CO): 15 cfs

Gunnison River (Black Canyon, CO): 311 cfs

Gunnison River (Gunnison Gorge, CO): 311 cfs

San Miguel River (near Placerville, CO): 78 cfs

North Fork South Platte (Bailey Canyon, CO): 126 cfs

North Fork South Platte (Foxton Run, CO): 126 cfs

South Platte (Chutes Run below Deckers, CO): 147 cfs [Note: gauge data from secondary sources, gauge page says reliability is unknown.]

South Platte (Waterton Canyon, CO): 295 cfs

Yampa River (at Steamboat Springs, CO): 97 cfs

Yampa River (above Elkhead Creek near Hayden, CO): 190 cfs

Salt River (Day Section below U.S. 60 Bridge, AZ): 150 cfs

Salt River (Wilderness Section, AZ): 150 cfs

Guadalupe River (above Comal River at New Braunfels, TX): 49 cfs

Verde River (below Tangle Creek above Horseshoe Dam, AZ): 212 cfs