Regional flows for 12/12/2025!

by Rock Snot

Here are flows for 12/12/2025! Flow on the Rio Grande is still looking good, with OV/Racecourse reported flow of 667 cfs. Flows on the Wilderness/Day Sections of the Rio Chama have dropped about 388 / 387 cfs, and for now the Abiquiu Wave still has a strong reported flow of 802 cfs! In Colorado, Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River has a reported flow at Wellsville of 339 cfs (no idea about ice bridges in the Gorge). On the Colorado River in Colorado, the flow reported for Barrel Springs and Shoshone is 770 cfs. And out in Utah in Cataract Canyon of the Colorado, the reported flow is 4,060 cfs at Gypsum Canyon near Hite.

WARNING: when weather is cold enough to allow ice to form in rivers, these rivers can develop ice "bridges" or places where a layer of ice (sometimes thick) is formed across the river. Just because there is a flow doesn't mean there aren't significant (and dangerous) ice obstructions in the river.

NOTE: gauge readings can be distorted when ice is forming in rivers.

Rio Grande
*Rio Grande near Del Norte: NA https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/RIODELCO?params=DISCHRG
*Ute Mountain (Lobatos Gauge): 383 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/RIOLOBCO?params=DISCHRG
*Razorblade (Cerro Gauge): 439 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Upper Taos Box (Cerro Gauge): 439 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Middle Taos Box (Cerro Gauge + Red River Gauge below Fish Hatchery, NM): 471 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): 651 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): 667 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Racecourse (Taos Junction Bridge, NM): 667 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*White Rock Canyon (Otowi Bridge, NM): 1,420 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08313000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Rio Chama
*Rio Chama (La Puente Gauge): 52 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08284100/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Rio Chama (below El Vado Gauge): 388 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08285500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Rio Chama (above Abiquiu Reservoir): 387 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08286500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Rio Chama (below Abiquiu Dam): 802 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08287000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Red River
*Below Fish Hatchery near Questa, NM: 32 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08266820/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Rio Pueblo de Taos
*Below Los Cordovas, NM: 15 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: 10 cfs [note: gauge reading had been off in the 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: 20 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: 49 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430030/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Near Gila, NM: 98 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Near Redrock, NM: 54 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09431500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

San Francisco River
*At Reserve, NM: 2 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09442681/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*Near Glenwood, NM: 23 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09444000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Arkansas River
*Pine Creek/Numbers/Fractions, CO: At Granite Gauge: NA, 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: NA, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKSALCO?params=DISCHRG
*Royal Gorge (Wellsville Gauge, CO): 339 cfs, https://www.dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKWELCO?params=DISCHRG

San Juan River
*At Pagosa Springs, CO: 111 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09342500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false
*At Farmington, NM: 560 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: NA, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09358000/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false
*At Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma, CO: NA, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09359500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
*At Durango, CO: 227 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09361500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false
*Below Aztec, NM: 310 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09364010/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D

Gauges Pages:

More Regional Flows…

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

Rio Grande (Wagon Wheel Gap, CO): NA

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

Rio Grande (Mariscal Section of Big Bend, TX): 41 cfs

Pecos River (near Pandale, TX): 53 cfs

Cache La Poudre (at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins, CO): 54 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): 26 cfs

Clear Creek (at Golden, CO): 45 cfs

Colorado River (Gore Canyon, CO): 432 cfs

Colorado River (Pumphouse Section, CO): 432 cfs

Colorado River (Shoshone Section, CO): 770 cfs

Colorado River (Westwater Canyon, UT): 2,350 cfs

Colorado River (Cataract Canyon, UT): 4,060 cfs [Note: gauge at Gypsum Canyon near Hite, UT]

Colorado River (Grand Canyon, AZ): about 6,180 cfs - about 10,200 cfs

Green River (near Greendale, UT): 847 cfs

Green River (near Jensen, UT): 1,400 cfs

Conejos River (below Platoro Reservoir, CO): 31 cfs

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

Gunnison River (Black Canyon, CO): 355 cfs

Gunnison River (Gunnison Gorge, CO): 355 cfs

San Miguel River (near Placerville, CO): 65 cfs

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

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

South Platte (Chutes Run below Deckers, CO): 133 cfs [Note: gauge data from secondary sources, gauge page says reliability is unknown.]

South Platte (Waterton Canyon, CO): 249 cfs

Yampa River (at Steamboat Springs, CO): NA

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

Salt River (Day Section below U.S. 60 Bridge, AZ): 160 cfs

Salt River (Wilderness Section, AZ): 160 cfs

Verde River (below Tangle Creek above Horseshoe Dam, AZ): 298 cfs

Guadalupe River (above Comal River at New Braunfels, TX): 76 cfs

Graph of Rio Grande flow at the Below Taos Junction Bridge gauge (TJB): Rio Grande Blw Taos Junction Bridge Near Taos, NM - USGS Water Data for the Nation .