Rivers in Colorado

Lake Fork above Gateview

Gunnison County, ColoradoNWS LFGC2USGS 09124500Grand Junction office

No flood stages set
1.57ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 10:15 AM MDT

Forecast crest
1.52 ftSat, Sep 19, 6:00 PM MDT
Record crest
4.81 ft2019

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Crest history

31 crests on NOAA’s list since 1938.

#DateStage
1July 1, 20194.81 ft
2June 16, 19954.77 ft
3June 1, 20144.71 ft
4June 11, 20154.64 ft
5June 5, 19974.61 ft
6June 6, 20164.52 ft
7June 9, 20174.37 ft
8June 1, 19934.37 ft
9June 29, 19574.30 ft
10June 26, 19994.26 ft
11June 17, 19494.23 ft
12June 4, 19944.22 ft
13June 8, 19524.18 ft
14June 10, 19834.18 ft
15July 10, 19834.18 ft
16June 7, 20204.17 ft
17June 7, 20244.10 ft
18May 30, 20004.08 ft
19June 10, 19484.06 ft
20May 20, 19964.05 ft
21June 6, 20214.04 ft
22June 21, 19384.00 ft
23June 9, 19474.00 ft
24June 9, 19853.95 ft
25May 30, 20233.84 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 17, 2026: 2.30 ft
  • June 13, 2025: 3.72 ft
  • June 7, 2024: 4.10 ft
  • May 30, 2023: 3.84 ft
  • May 16, 2022: 3.49 ft
  • June 6, 2021: 4.04 ft
  • June 7, 2020: 4.17 ft
  • July 1, 2019: 4.81 ft
  • May 11, 2018: 3.37 ft
  • June 9, 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.