Water report · Arkansas River (CO)
Arkansas River (CO) conditions
Running very low for mid August, and steady since yesterday. Above 6% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:45 PM UTC, Aug 13
Arkansas River (CO) flow history
What this means
210 cfs puts Arkansas River (CO) in the 6th percentile for August 13, against 56 years of record.
The median for this date is 722 cfs, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 502 and 955.
Over the last 7 days, Arkansas River (CO) ran between 175 and 202 cfs, lowest on Aug 6 and highest on Aug 12.
That is 27.0 cfs higher than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Arkansas River (CO) ran between 162 and 341 cfs, lowest on Jul 20 and highest on Jul 30.
That is 16.0 cfs higher than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Arkansas River (CO) ran between 162 and 472 cfs, lowest on Jul 20 and highest on May 15.
That is 270 cfs lower than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Arkansas River (CO) ran between 162 and 647 cfs, lowest on Jul 20 and highest on Aug 13.
That is 437 cfs lower than on Aug 12.
On this water
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 07091200, ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR NATHROP, CO, 7.5 miles from the centre of Arkansas River (CO). Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 07091200, ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR NATHROP, CO, 7.5 miles from the centre of Arkansas River (CO). It reports discharge and gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
Arkansas River (CO) fishing records
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Arkansas River (CO) record book