by Rock Snot

Here are extremely late flows for 11/22/2025! Good news is still with us: Rio Grande is flowing great, with the Orilla Verde and Racecourse with reported flows of 765 cfs, and an estimate flow for the Box of 753 cfs. And this might be some of the best fall/winter boating around! Up in Colorado, Royal Gorge on the Arkansas is reported at 360 cfs. And on the Upper Colorado, Gore Canyon and the Pumphouse sections have reported flows of 484 cfs, and downstream on Barrel Springs and Shoshone, the reported flow is 816 cfs. And out west in Utah, in Cataract Canyon of the Colorado River, the reported flow at Gypsum Canyon near Hite is 4,660 cfs.

Rio Grande

Rio Grande near Del Norte: 310 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/RIODELCO?params=DISCHRG

Ute Mountain (Lobatos Gauge): 502 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/RIOLOBCO?params=DISCHRG

Razorblade (Cerro Gauge): 567 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Upper Taos Box (Cerro Gauge): 567 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Middle Taos Box (Cerro Gauge + Red River Gauge below Fish Hatchery, NM): 607 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D and https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08266820/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D [Note: individual flow page for Red River wasn’t working at time of post]

Lower Taos Box (Taos Junction Bridge, NM): an estimate is 753 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): 765 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Racecourse (Taos Junction Bridge, NM): 765 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

White Rock Canyon (Otowi Bridge, NM): 947 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08313000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Rio Chama

Rio Chama (La Puente Gauge): 63 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08284100/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Rio Chama (below El Vado Gauge): 117 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): 150 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08287000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Red River

Below Fish Hatchery near Questa, NM: 40 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08266820/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D [Note: individual flow page for Red River wasn’t working at time of post]

Rio Pueblo de Taos

Below Los Cordovas, NM: 11 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276300/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Jemez

Near Jemez, NM: 15 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08324000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Canadian River

Near Taylor Springs, NM: 8 cfs [Note: flow report was observed as inaccurate last summer], https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/07211500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Pecos River

Near Pecos, NM: 57 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: 14 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08401500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Gila River

Near Gila Hot Springs, NM: 39 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430030/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Near Gila, NM: 135 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Near Redrock, NM: 72 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09431500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

San Francisco River

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

Near Glenwood, NM: 40 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09444000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Arkansas River

Pine Creek/Numbers/Fractions, CO: At Granite Gauge: 88 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: 271 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKSALCO?params=DISCHRG

Royal Gorge (Wellsville Gauge, CO): 360 cfs, https://www.dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKWELCO?params=DISCHRG

San Juan River

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

At Farmington, NM: 708 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: 41 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09358000/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

At Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma, CO: 153 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09359500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

At Durango, CO: 256 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09361500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false

Below Aztec, NM: 353 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09364010/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Gauges Pages:

American Whitewater - Arizona: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/.../state.../state/AZ/

American Whitewater - Colorado: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/.../state.../state/CO/

American Whitewater - Texas: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/.../state.../state/TX/

American Whitewater - Utah: https://www.americanwhitewater.org/.../state.../state/UT/

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/nm/nwis/current/?type=flow...

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 reported regional flows…

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

Rio Grande (Wagon Wheel Gap, CO): 178 cfs

Rio Grande (Hoodoos Section of Big Bend, TX): 12 cfs

Rio Grande (Mariscal Section of Big Bend, TX): 35 cfs

Pecos River (near Pandale, TX): 48 cfs

Cache La Poudre (at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins, CO): 52 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): 35 cfs

Clear Creek (at Golden, CO): 42 cfs

Colorado River (Gore Canyon, CO): 484 cfs

Colorado River (Pumphouse Section, CO): 484 cfs

Colorado River (Shoshone Section, CO): 816 cfs

Colorado River (Westwater Canyon, UT): 2,620 cfs

Colorado River (Cataract Canyon, UT): 4,660 cfs [Note: gauge at Gypsum Canyon near Hite, UT]

Colorado River (Grand Canyon, AZ): about 6,320 cfs - about 10,000 cfs

Green River (near Greendale, UT): 854 cfs

Green River (near Jensen, UT): 1,360 cfs

Conejos River (below Platoro Reservoir, CO): 32 cfs

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

Gunnison River (Black Canyon, CO): 361 cfs

Gunnison River (Gunnison Gorge, CO): 361 cfs

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

North Fork South Platte (Bailey Canyon, CO): NA

North Fork South Platte (Foxton Run, CO): NA

South Platte (Chutes Run below Deckers, CO): 145 cfs [Note: gauge data from secondary sources, gauge page says reliability is unknown.]

South Platte (Waterton Canyon, CO): 262 cfs

Yampa River (at Steamboat Springs, CO): 82 cfs

Yampa River (above Elkhead Creek near Hayden, CO): 199 cfs

Salt River (Day Section below U.S. 60 Bridge, AZ): 200 cfs

Salt River (Wilderness Section, AZ): 200 cfs

Guadalupe River (above Comal River at New Braunfels, TX): 61 cfs

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-08276500/#period=P7D&dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&showMedian=true&showFieldMeasurements=true — Graph of the reported flow at the Below Taos Junction Bridge (TJB) gauge (11/22/2025).