Rivers in Colorado

Colorado River below Grand Valley Diversion near Palisade

Mesa County, ColoradoNWS CGYC2USGS 09106150Grand Junction office

No flood stages set
3.45ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 12:15 PM MDT

Forecast crest
3.74 ftSat, Sep 19, 6:00 PM MDT
Record crest
12.41 ft1995

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Crest history

33 crests on NOAA’s list since 1991.

#DateStage
1June 17, 199512.41 ft
2June 8, 201112.36 ft
3June 6, 199711.57 ft
4May 29, 199311.27 ft
5June 2, 201411.20 ft
6June 9, 201011.01 ft
7June 4, 200810.87 ft
8June 22, 201910.79 ft
9May 20, 199610.28 ft
10June 12, 201510.28 ft
11June 2, 200310.18 ft
12June 9, 20249.91 ft
13May 19, 20239.84 ft
14June 8, 20179.77 ft
15May 23, 20059.64 ft
16May 25, 20099.56 ft
17May 23, 20069.33 ft
18June 9, 20179.18 ft
19May 22, 19988.72 ft
20May 30, 20008.44 ft
21June 2, 20208.33 ft
22June 6, 19998.25 ft
23June 2, 19948.06 ft
24June 15, 19918.00 ft
25May 20, 20227.65 ft

Most recent crests

  • June 9, 2024: 9.91 ft
  • May 19, 2023: 9.84 ft
  • May 20, 2022: 7.65 ft
  • June 6, 2021: 6.18 ft
  • June 2, 2020: 8.33 ft
  • June 22, 2019: 10.79 ft
  • May 14, 2018: 6.27 ft
  • June 9, 2017: 9.18 ft
  • June 8, 2017: 9.77 ft
  • June 12, 2015: 10.28 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.