Rio Chama below Abiquiu Dam, NM
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico · USGS 08287000
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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Rio Chama at its USGS monitoring location in Rio Arriba County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 1 hour ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Below historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 38 ft³/s, 85% below the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 247 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 97.5 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 106 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 106 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 260 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 419 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 394 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 229 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 70.6 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 71 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 71.1 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 63.1 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 54.6 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 54.3 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 70.3 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 84.4 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 89.5 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 90 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 91.1 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 62.9 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 41 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 60.9 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 116 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 192 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 246 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 298 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 348 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 153 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 38.9 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 39.4 CFS |
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