by Rock Snot
Here are extremely late flows for 1/1/2025! Flows have dropped a bit but the reported flow for the Racecourse and OV is still over 550 cfs. Rio Chama is still now, and gauges in New Mexico and Colorado are reporting more interference from ice. In Colorado some of the gauges are also lower. The Wellsville gauge for Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River is reporting 322 cfs. The gauge for the Barrel Springs and Shoshone sections of the Colorado River in Colorado is reporting 611 cfs. And out west in Utah in Cataract Canyon of the Colorado River, the gauge at Gypsum Canyon near Hite is reporting 4,310 cfs.
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): 365 cfs, https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/RIOLOBCO?params=DISCHRG
Razorblade (Cerro Gauge): 345 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Upper Taos Box (Cerro Gauge): 345 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08263500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Middle Taos Box (Cerro Gauge + Red River Gauge below Fish Hatchery, NM): 380 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 534 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): 556 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Racecourse (Taos Junction Bridge, NM): 556 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
White Rock Canyon (Otowi Bridge, NM): 912 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08313000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Rio Chama
Rio Chama (La Puente Gauge): 72 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08284100/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Rio Chama (below El Vado Gauge): 99 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08285500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Rio Chama (above Abiquiu Reservoir): 104 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08286500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Rio Chama (below Abiquiu Dam): 72 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08287000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Red River
Below Fish Hatchery near Questa, NM: 35 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08266820/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Rio Pueblo de Taos
Below Los Cordovas, NM: 21 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08276300/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Jemez
Near Jemez, NM: 20 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08324000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Canadian Rivera
Near Taylor Springs, NM: NA [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: 45 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08378500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Near Anton Chico, NM: 1 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: 51 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430030/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Near Gila, NM: 75 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09430500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Near Redrock, NM: 76 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: 24 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09444000/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
Arkansas River
Pine Creek/Numbers/Fractions, CO: At Granite Gauge: NA (ice), 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 (ice), https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKSALCO?params=DISCHRG
Royal Gorge (Wellsville Gauge, CO): 322 cfs, https://www.dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations/ARKWELCO?params=DISCHRG
San Juan River
At Pagosa Springs, CO: 130 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09342500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false
At Farmington, NM: 629 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 (ice), https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09358000/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false
At Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma, CO: NA (ice), https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09359500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D
At Durango, CO: 213 cfs, https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/09361500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00060-0&period=P7D&showMedian=false
Below Aztec, NM: 299 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 Regional Flows Reports…
Rio Grande (Box Canyon near Creede, CO): 2 cfs
Rio Grande (Wagon Wheel Gap, CO): NA (ice)
Rio Grande (Hoodoos Section of Big Bend, TX): 281 cfs
Rio Grande (Mariscal Section of Big Bend, TX): 278 cfs
Pecos River (near Pandale, TX): 56 cfs
Cache La Poudre (at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins, CO): 87 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): 19 cfs
Clear Creek (at Golden, CO): 53 cfs
Colorado River (Gore Canyon, CO): 368 cfs
Colorado River (Pumphouse Section, CO): 368 cfs
Colorado River (Shoshone Section, CO): 625 cfs
Colorado River (Westwater Canyon, UT): 1,820 cfs
Colorado River (Cataract Canyon, UT): 4,310 cfs [Note: gauge at Gypsum Canyon near Hite, UT]
Colorado River (Grand Canyon, AZ): about 7,150 cfs - about 10,000 cfs
Green River (near Greendale, UT): 854 cfs
Green River (near Jensen, UT): 1,210 cfs
Conejos River (below Platoro Reservoir, CO): 25 cfs
Dolores River (below McPhee Reservoir, CO): 15 cfs
Gunnison River (Black Canyon, CO): 352 cfs
Gunnison River (Gunnison Gorge, CO): 352 cfs
San Miguel River (near Placerville, CO): 83 cfs
North Fork South Platte (Bailey Canyon, CO): NA
North Fork South Platte (Foxton Run, CO): NA
South Platte (Chutes Run below Deckers, CO): 110 cfs [Note: gauge data from secondary sources, gauge page says reliability is unknown.]
South Platte (Waterton Canyon, CO): 220 cfs
Yampa River (at Steamboat Springs, CO): NA (ice)
Yampa River (above Elkhead Creek near Hayden, CO): NA (ice)
Salt River (Day Section below U.S. 60 Bridge, AZ): 187 cfs
Salt River (Wilderness Section, AZ): 187 cfs
Verde River (below Tangle Creek above Horseshoe Dam, AZ): 335 cfs
Guadalupe River (above Comal River at New Braunfels, TX): 73 cfs
Flow of Rio Grande at the Below Taos Junction Bridge gauge (TJB): https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-08276500/#parameterCode=00060&period=P7D