Rivers in Colorado

Animas River below Silverton

San Juan County, ColoradoNWS ANBC2USGS 09359020Grand Junction office

No flood stages set
2.92ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 9:00 AM MDT

Forecast crest
3.18 ftFri, Sep 25, 10:00 PM MDT
Record crest
5.53 ft2019

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Crest history

15 crests on NOAA’s list since 1995.

#DateStage
1June 12, 20195.53 ft
2June 17, 20155.05 ft
3June 6, 20204.95 ft
4June 1, 19974.90 ft
5June 9, 19954.89 ft
6June 5, 20164.85 ft
7June 6, 20244.79 ft
8June 27, 20234.66 ft
9June 4, 20214.55 ft
10October 14, 20254.52 ft
11May 15, 20224.48 ft
12June 10, 20174.37 ft
13May 10, 20184.12 ft
14May 17, 20263.67 ft
15May 22, 20123.28 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 17, 2026: 3.67 ft
  • October 14, 2025: 4.52 ft
  • June 6, 2024: 4.79 ft
  • June 27, 2023: 4.66 ft
  • May 15, 2022: 4.48 ft
  • June 4, 2021: 4.55 ft
  • June 6, 2020: 4.95 ft
  • June 12, 2019: 5.53 ft
  • May 10, 2018: 4.12 ft
  • June 10, 2017: 4.37 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.