Yampa-White-Green Basin water today
Today's figures for Division 6 of the Colorado Division of Water Resources: river calls, flows, reservoirs, snowpack and drought, each with its source and time.
River flows
| Gauge | cfs | % of median | Source | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White River below Boise Creek near Rangely | 248 | 57% | USGS | Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. |
| Yellow Creek near White River | 0 | 31% | USGS | Oct 4, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| Yampa River near Maybell | 102 | 44% | USGS | Oct 4, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| White River above Coal Creek near Meeker | 201 | 66% | USGS | Oct 4, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| Yampa River above Stagecoach Reservoir | 35 | 94% | USGS | Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. |
| Yampa River at Steamboat Springs | 56 | 55% | USGS | Oct 4, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
Reservoirs
| Reservoir | Full | Storage (AF) | Capacity (AF) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamcolo Reservoir | 20% | 1,908 | 9,621 | Oct 3, 2026 |
All stream gauges in the Yampa-White-Green basin
A page per gauge with its latest flow; 30 in the division.
Show all 30 gauges, by river
- Michigan River
- Cameron Pass
- North Platte River
- Northgate
- Yampa River
- above Stagecoach Reservoir · below Stagecoach Reservoir · Steamboat Springs · below Soda Creek · above Elkhead Creek · below Craig · Maybell · Deerlodge Park
- Fish Creek
- Upper Station
- Elk River
- Milner
- Elkhead Creek
- above Long Gulch · Craig
- Little Snake River
- Slater · Lily
- Slater Fork
- Slater
- North Fork White River
- below Trappers Lake · Buford
- South Fork White River
- Budges Resort · Buford
- White River
- below North Elk Creek · above Coal Creek · Meeker · below Meeker · below Boise Creek
- Piceance Creek
- below Ryan Gulch · White River
- Corral Gulch
- Rangely
- Yellow Creek
- White River
Counties in this basin
This week's drought by county, wholly or partly in Division 6: Garfield · Jackson · Moffat · Rio Blanco · Routt
About the Yampa-White-Green basin
The Yampa-White-Green basin is Division 6 of Colorado's seven water divisions. It takes in the Yampa, White and Green river basins and the North Platte, and its Division Engineer's office and water court sit in Steamboat Springs. BasinMind follows conditions here at Steamboat Springs, Craig, Meeker and Walden.
The division is split into 8 water districts, the units water commissioners administer day to day. The first two digits of a structure's WDID are its district (What is a WDID?).
- 43 White River Basin
- 44 Lower Yampa River
- 47 North Platte River Basin
- 54 Slater/Timberlake Creeks
- 55 Little Snake River
- 56 Green River Basin
- 57 Middle Yampa River
- 58 Upper Yampa River
BasinMind follows 4 reservoirs in the division, with the capacity it records for each: Stagecoach Reservoir (36,461 acre-feet), Elkhead Reservoir (25,550 acre-feet), Yamcolo Reservoir (9,621 acre-feet) and Steamboat Lake (26,364 acre-feet). The largest is Stagecoach Reservoir; daily storage comes from Colorado DWR telemetry or Reclamation.
The Yampa, White and Green belong to the Colorado River system, shared by seven states under the Colorado River Compact (1922); the North Platte, in North Park, flows instead to the Missouri. More in The Colorado River Compact.
Water planning here runs through the Yampa/White/Green Basin Roundtable and North Platte Basin Roundtable of the Colorado Water Conservation Board.
Each figure above carries the time its source stamped it. Percent of median compares today's flow with the median for this date over the gauge's record (cfs and acre-feet); a call shows how far down the priority list rights are being served on a stretch of river (What is a water call?).
More for this basin
Explainers
- What is a water call?
- Is my ditch in priority?
- Colorado's seven water divisions
- cfs and acre-feet
- Snowpack and SWE
- Reading the U.S. Drought Monitor
- The Colorado River Compact
Other basins
- South Platte · Division 1
- Arkansas · Division 2
- Rio Grande · Division 3
- Gunnison · Division 4
- Colorado River · Division 5
- San Juan/Dolores · Division 7