Rio Grande at Embudo, NM
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico · USGS 08279500
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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Rio Grande at its USGS monitoring location in Rio Arriba County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 1 hour ago
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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 · Falling
Streamflow is currently 193 ft³/s, 36% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 42 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 303 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 | 142 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 141 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 147 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 146 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 143 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 142 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 144 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 143 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 150 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 144 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 145 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 139 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 138 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 145 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 150 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 150 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 149 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 162 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 169 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 158 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 154 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 155 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 168 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 189 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 204 CFS |
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