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Arkansas River below John Martin Reservoir flow today

Streamflow at USGS station 07130500, in the Arkansas basin (Division 2).

Figures as of · Advisory only — confirm water rights with Colorado DWR.

Flow4.4 cfsabout 8.7 acre-feet a dayUSGS · Oct 4, 2026, 1:00 p.m. MT

About this gauge

Arkansas River below John Martin Reservoir is one of the 83 stream gauges BasinMind reads for the Arkansas basin, Division 2 of Colorado's seven water divisions. It is USGS station 07130500 (38.0664, -102.9319), and the official record is on that station's page.

At Oct 4, 2026, 1:00 p.m. MT it read 4.4 cfs, about 8.7 acre-feet a day. USGS publishes no daily median for this gauge, so no percentage is shown.

On the Arkansas River, the nearest gauges BasinMind reads are Arkansas River at Las Animas upstream and Arkansas River at Lamar downstream.

Across Division 2, DWR lists 18 active calls; the most senior is Hardscrabble Ditch on Hardscrabble Creek, priority May 1, 1860 (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 Arkansas basin

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Sources

  1. U.S. Geological Survey — station 07130500
  2. USGS — National Water Information System
  3. Colorado DWR — Active administrative calls (CDSS)