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San Juan River conditions

Water report·near Archuleta4h ago
892CFSHigh

Running high for early September. Above 75% of past September 2s on record.

Updated 11:15 PM UTC, Sep 2

4.69 ftgage53°Fwater

San Juan River flow history

Aug 12typical 546 to 889 cfs
970cfs

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Aug 6Aug 9Aug 12
Aug 12typical 546 to 889 cfs
970cfs

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Jul 14Jul 28Aug 12
Aug 12typical 546 to 889 cfs
970cfs

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May 15Jun 28Aug 12
Aug 12typical 546 to 889 cfs
970cfs

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Sep 2Feb 21Aug 12

What this means

892 cfs puts San Juan River in the 75th percentile for September 2, against 71 years of record.

The median for this date is 716 cfs, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 582 and 887.

Over the last 7 days, San Juan River ran between 736 and 970 cfs, lowest on Aug 6 and highest on Aug 12.

That is 234 cfs higher than on Aug 6.

Over the last 30 days, San Juan River ran between 697 and 1,010 cfs, lowest on Jul 29 and highest on Jul 16.

That is 8.00 cfs lower than on Jul 14.

Over the last 90 days, San Juan River ran between 297 and 1,010 cfs, lowest on May 17 and highest on Jul 16.

That is 668 cfs higher than on May 15.

Over the last 12 months, San Juan River ran between 253 and 1,040 cfs, lowest on Apr 5 and highest on Nov 14.

That is 40.0 cfs lower than on Sep 2.

Water temperature, past 30 days

Aug 12
49°F

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48 to 49 °F over the window.

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 09355500, SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR ARCHULETA, NM, 1.1 miles from the center of San Juan 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 09355500, SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR ARCHULETA, NM, 1.1 miles from the center of San Juan River. It reports gage height, water temperature 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.

San Juan 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 San Juan River record book