Water report · San Juan River
San Juan River conditions
Running high for mid August, and steady since yesterday. Above 77% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:15 PM UTC, Aug 13
San Juan River flow history
What this means
988 cfs puts San Juan River in the 77th percentile for August 13, against 72 years of record.
The median for this date is 697 cfs, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 552 and 889.
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 58.0 cfs higher than on Aug 12.
Water temperature, past 30 days
48 to 50 °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.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 09355500, SAN JUAN RIVER NEAR ARCHULETA, NM, 1.1 miles from the centre 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 centre of San Juan River. It reports gage height, discharge and water temperature. 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