Animas River below Silverton flow today
Streamflow at USGS station 09359020, in the San Juan/Dolores basin (Division 7).
About this gauge
Animas River below Silverton is one of the 36 stream gauges BasinMind reads for the San Juan/Dolores basin, Division 7 of Colorado's seven water divisions. It is USGS station 09359020 (37.7883, -107.6682), and the official record is on that station's page.
At Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. MT it read 245 cfs, about 486 acre-feet a day. The median flow for this date over the gauge's record is 129 cfs, so today's flow is 190% of it: above median.
On the Animas River, the nearest gauges BasinMind reads are Animas River at Silverton upstream and Animas River at Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma downstream.
Across Division 7, DWR lists 6 active calls; the most senior is Lynd-Plumteau Ck Ditch on Plumtaw Creek, priority May 15, 1888 (the full list). A call governs the stretch of river it is placed on, so look for this river in the list.
One cfs is a cubic foot of water passing each second, about 448.8 gallons per minute; percent of median compares today's flow with the median for this date (cfs and acre-feet). How calls work: What is a water call?.
Main-stem gauges in the San Juan/Dolores basin
- San Juan River at Four Corners · 2,250 cfs
- Dolores River near Slick Rock
- Dolores River near Bedrock · 19 cfs
- Lost Canyon Creek near Dolores · 0 cfs
- Animas River at Durango · 925 cfs
- Animas River below Durango Pump Plant near Durango · 942 cfs
- San Juan River near Carracas · 453 cfs
More gauges on the Animas River
- Animas River at Silverton
- Animas River at Tall Timber Resort above Tacoma
- Animas River near Cedar Hill NM
Reservoirs in the San Juan/Dolores basin
- Navajo Reservoir
- McPhee Reservoir
- Vallecito Reservoir
- Lake Nighthorse
- Lemon Reservoir
- Jackson Gulch Reservoir