Rivers in Colorado

San Juan River near Carracas

Archuleta County, ColoradoNWS SJCC2USGS 09346400Grand Junction office

No flood stages set
2.94ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 27, 8:15 AM MDT

Forecast crest
4.81 ftThu, Oct 1, 12:00 AM MDT
Record crest
9.63 ft1994

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Crest history

18 crests on NOAA’s list since 1970.

#DateStage
1January 4, 19949.63 ft
2October 14, 20259.24 ft
3September 6, 19708.34 ft
4March 6, 19958.10 ft
5June 9, 20197.07 ft
6May 17, 20236.73 ft
7May 14, 20255.89 ft
8June 11, 20155.74 ft
9June 6, 20175.48 ft
10June 6, 20165.47 ft
11May 30, 20145.27 ft
12September 23, 20135.12 ft
13July 27, 20205.03 ft
14June 22, 20244.94 ft
15May 8, 20224.69 ft
16October 1, 20174.54 ft
17May 22, 20214.29 ft
18April 27, 20124.22 ft

Most recent crests

  • October 14, 2025: 9.24 ft
  • May 14, 2025: 5.89 ft
  • June 22, 2024: 4.94 ft
  • May 17, 2023: 6.73 ft
  • May 8, 2022: 4.69 ft
  • May 22, 2021: 4.29 ft
  • July 27, 2020: 5.03 ft
  • June 9, 2019: 7.07 ft
  • October 1, 2017: 4.54 ft
  • June 6, 2017: 5.48 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.