Regional Flows for 1/22/26!

by Rock Snot

Here are flows reports for 1/22/26! It looks like the cold is continuing to drop the gauge reported flows, but the OV/Racecourse are still coming-in at 417 cfs. The reported flows for the Rio Chama are still low (gauge for the Abiquiu Wave is reporting 52 cfs). Flows up in Colorado appear to be relatively low too, with the Wellsville gauge for Royal Gorge (Arkansas River) reporting 287 cfs, and the gauge for the Shoshone section of the Colorado River reporting 618 cfs – no idea what the situation with ice for these rivers. Out in Arizona, the gauge for the wilderness section of the Verde (above Tangle Creek, above Horseshoe Dam) is reporting 399 cfs. And out in Utah, in Cataract Canyon of the Colorado, the reported flow at Gypsum Canyon near Hite is 3,740 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 Chama



Red River

Rio Pueblo de Taos



Jemez



Canadian River



Pecos River



Gila River



San Francisco River



Arkansas River



San Juan River



Piedra River



Animas River



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): 62 cfs

Rio Grande (Mariscal Section of Big Bend, TX): 87 cfs

Pecos River (near Pandale, TX): 55 cfs

Cache La Poudre (at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins, CO): 58 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): NA (ice)

Clear Creek (at Golden, CO): 27 cfs

Colorado River (Gore Canyon, CO): 396 cfs

Colorado River (Pumphouse Section, CO): 396 cfs

Colorado River (Shoshone Section, CO): 618 cfs

Colorado River (Westwater Canyon, UT): 1,950 cfs

Colorado River (Cataract Canyon, UT): 3,750 cfs [Note: gauge at Gypsum Canyon near Hite, UT]

Colorado River (Grand Canyon, AZ): about 8,700 cfs - about 12,800 cfs

Green River (near Greendale, UT): 854 cfs

Green River (near Jensen, UT): about 1,090 cfs - about 1,470 cfs

Conejos River (below Platoro Reservoir, CO): 8 cfs

Dolores River (below McPhee Reservoir, CO): 14 cfs

Gunnison River (Black Canyon, CO): 380 cfs

Gunnison River (Gunnison Gorge, CO): 380 cfs

San Miguel River (near Placerville, CO): 50 cfs

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

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

South Platte (Chutes Run below Deckers, CO): 129 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): 197 cfs

Salt River (Wilderness Section, AZ): 197 cfs

Verde River (below Tangle Creek above Horseshoe Dam, AZ): 399 cfs

Guadalupe River (above Comal River at New Braunfels, TX): 73 cfs