Water report · Lees Ferry — Colorado River

Lees Ferry — Colorado River conditions

Water reportat Lees Ferry6h ago
8,110CFSNormal

Running normal for late August. Above 30% of past August 31s on record.

Updated 12:00 AM UTC, Aug 31

8.09 ftgage70°Fwater38 FNUturbidity

Lees Ferry — Colorado River flow history

Aug 12typical 9,120 to 16,000 cfs
7,930cfs
Aug 6Aug 9Aug 12
Aug 12typical 9,120 to 16,000 cfs
7,930cfs
Jul 14Jul 28Aug 12
Aug 12typical 9,120 to 16,000 cfs
7,930cfs
May 15Jun 28Aug 12
Aug 12typical 9,120 to 16,000 cfs
7,930cfs
Aug 30Feb 19Aug 12

What this means

8,110 cfs puts Lees Ferry — Colorado River in the 30th percentile for August 31, against 104 years of record.

The median for this date is 11,700 cfs, and half of all August 31s on record fell between 7,310 and 15,200.

Over the last 7 days, Lees Ferry — Colorado River ran between 7,770 and 7,950 cfs, lowest on Aug 8 and highest on Aug 10.

That is 20.0 cfs higher than on Aug 6.

Over the last 30 days, Lees Ferry — Colorado River ran between 7,660 and 7,950 cfs, lowest on Jul 25 and highest on Aug 10.

That is 30.0 cfs higher than on Jul 14.

Over the last 90 days, Lees Ferry — Colorado River ran between 7,160 and 8,620 cfs, lowest on May 17 and highest on Jun 10.

That is 260 cfs higher than on May 15.

Over the last 12 months, Lees Ferry — Colorado River ran between 7,060 and 12,200 cfs, lowest on Nov 2 and highest on Aug 30.

That is 4,270 cfs lower than on Aug 30.

Water temperature, past 30 days

Aug 12
68°F

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.

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USGS monitoring location 09380000, COLORADO RIVER AT LEES FERRY, AZ, 0.0 miles from the centre of Lees Ferry — Colorado River. 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 09380000, COLORADO RIVER AT LEES FERRY, AZ, 0.0 miles from the centre of Lees Ferry — Colorado River. It reports gage height, water temperature, turbidity and discharge. 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.

Lees Ferry — Colorado River 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 Lees Ferry — Colorado River record book