Water report · Lees Ferry — Colorado River
Lees Ferry — Colorado River conditions
Running normal for late August. Above 30% of past August 31s on record.
Updated 12:00 AM UTC, Aug 31
Lees Ferry — Colorado River flow history
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
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 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