Rio Grande

Rio Grande at Otowi Bridge, NM

Santa Fe County, New Mexico · USGS 08313000

Updated Sep 24, 9:00 AM MDT

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

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.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

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.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

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.

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RIVER PULSE

Current conditions · Falling

Streamflow is currently 461 ft³/s. Flow has fallen 255 CFS over the past 24 hours.

NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 3 ft · 5 ft below action stage · Flood stage 9 ft
WATER QUALITY

Current water conditions

Turbidity
631
Sep 24, 9:00 AM MDT
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Santa Fe County
Drainage area: 14,300 mi²
Current measurements: 4
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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