Rivers in Colorado

Roaring Fork River near Emma

Eagle County, ColoradoNWS EMMC2USGS 09081000Grand Junction office

No flood stages set
5.40ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 9:30 AM MDT

Record crest
10.40 ft1909

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Crest history

18 crests on NOAA’s list since 1909.

#DateStage
1June 19, 190910.40 ft
2June 12, 20249.95 ft
3June 19, 20159.91 ft
4July 2, 20199.91 ft
5June 25, 19999.57 ft
6June 4, 20149.31 ft
7June 11, 20169.30 ft
8June 19, 20179.14 ft
9June 7, 20208.60 ft
10June 2, 19988.60 ft
11June 11, 20138.53 ft
12June 23, 20238.53 ft
13June 12, 20228.06 ft
14June 3, 20257.74 ft
15June 5, 20217.51 ft
16May 26, 20187.08 ft
17June 2, 20126.50 ft
18May 29, 20266.23 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 29, 2026: 6.23 ft
  • June 3, 2025: 7.74 ft
  • June 12, 2024: 9.95 ft
  • June 23, 2023: 8.53 ft
  • June 12, 2022: 8.06 ft
  • June 5, 2021: 7.51 ft
  • June 7, 2020: 8.60 ft
  • July 2, 2019: 9.91 ft
  • May 26, 2018: 7.08 ft
  • June 19, 2017: 9.14 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.