Regional Flows for 1/9/2026!

by Rock Snot

Here is a got-back-from-traveling-jet-laggish flows report for 1/9/2025! And it looks like the winter river season is still doing great - it looks like the Rio Grande has one of the best regional flows for the winter season! Racecourse and OV on the Rio Grande are still looking good at 598 cfs (and an estimated 574 cfs for the Taos Box). Rio Chama is still low (including the Abiquiu Wave). And gauges in Colorado are reporting low flows too. The Wellsville gauge for Royal Gorge on the Arkansas River reporting 293 cfs. On the Colorado River in Colorado, the gauge for the Shoshone section is reporting 755 cfs. Out west in Arizona, the gauge for the Verde below Tangle Creek and above Horseshoe Dam is reporting 463 cfs (after declining from 1,190 cfs reached last Sunday). And out 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 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:

Other regional gauge 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): 276 cfs

Rio Grande (Mariscal Section of Big Bend, TX): 262 cfs

Pecos River (near Pandale, TX): 55 cfs

Cache La Poudre (at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins, CO): 43 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): 18 cfs

Clear Creek (at Golden, CO): 34 cfs

Colorado River (Gore Canyon, CO): 391 cfs

Colorado River (Pumphouse Section, CO): 391 cfs

Colorado River (Shoshone Section, CO): 740 cfs

Colorado River (Westwater Canyon, UT): 2,280 cfs

Colorado River (Cataract Canyon, UT): 4,310 cfs

Colorado River (Grand Canyon, AZ): about 8,590 cfs - about 13,400 cfs

Green River (near Greendale, UT): 854 cfs

Green River (near Jensen, UT): 1,520 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): 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): 89 cfs [Note: gauge data from secondary sources, gauge page says reliability is unknown.]

South Platte (Waterton Canyon, CO): 181 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): 211 cfs

Salt River (Wilderness Section, AZ): 211 cfs

Verde River (below Tangle Creek above Horseshoe Dam, AZ): 463 cfs

Guadalupe River (above Comal River at New Braunfels, TX): 68 cfs