Rivers in Colorado

San Miguel River Brooks Bridge near Nucla

Montrose County, ColoradoNWS SNMC2USGS 09174600Grand Junction office

No flood stages set
2.22ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 28, 4:30 PM MDT

Record crest
7.33 ft2023

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Flood stages and impacts

  1. 6.50 ftSOME FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE TRAILER PARK IN NATURITA.

Crest history

26 crests on NOAA’s list since 1995.

#DateStage
1April 14, 20237.33 ft
2May 2, 20196.34 ft
3June 17, 19956.32 ft
4April 24, 19986.30 ft
5April 18, 20105.91 ft
6April 21, 19975.90 ft
7April 11, 20145.81 ft
8April 20, 20085.27 ft
9August 1, 19995.23 ft
10May 12, 20095.04 ft
11June 12, 20154.96 ft
12June 7, 20114.89 ft
13June 11, 20164.80 ft
14June 21, 20244.80 ft
15April 10, 20004.78 ft
16June 19, 20174.38 ft
17May 17, 19964.22 ft
18June 4, 20254.13 ft
19June 7, 20203.82 ft
20June 9, 20213.82 ft
21March 29, 20123.71 ft
22May 26, 20133.63 ft
23May 20, 20223.59 ft
24October 11, 20253.53 ft
25May 17, 20182.74 ft

Most recent crests

  • May 15, 2026: 2.56 ft
  • October 11, 2025: 3.53 ft
  • June 4, 2025: 4.13 ft
  • June 21, 2024: 4.80 ft
  • April 14, 2023: 7.33 ft
  • May 20, 2022: 3.59 ft
  • June 9, 2021: 3.82 ft
  • June 7, 2020: 3.82 ft
  • May 2, 2019: 6.34 ft
  • May 17, 2018: 2.74 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.