Rivers in Colorado

Dolores River near Gateway

Mesa County, ColoradoNWS DGAC2USGS 09179450Grand Junction office

No flood stages set
7.74ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 12:00 AM MDT

Record crest
16.38 ft2023

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Crest history

11 crests on NOAA’s list since 2015.

#DateStage
1May 2, 202316.38 ft
2June 16, 201915.00 ft
3May 8, 201713.94 ft
4June 12, 201612.25 ft
5June 12, 201511.99 ft
6June 23, 202411.72 ft
7October 12, 202510.95 ft
8August 20, 202110.49 ft
9August 27, 20189.93 ft
10July 7, 20229.17 ft
11June 7, 20208.94 ft

Most recent crests

  • October 12, 2025: 10.95 ft
  • June 23, 2024: 11.72 ft
  • May 2, 2023: 16.38 ft
  • July 7, 2022: 9.17 ft
  • August 20, 2021: 10.49 ft
  • June 7, 2020: 8.94 ft
  • June 16, 2019: 15.00 ft
  • August 27, 2018: 9.93 ft
  • May 8, 2017: 13.94 ft
  • June 12, 2016: 12.25 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center.

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.