Arkansas River near Leadville flow today
Streamflow at USGS station 07081200, in the Arkansas basin (Division 2).
About this gauge
Arkansas River near Leadville 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 07081200 (39.2490, -106.3481), and the official record is on that station's page.
At Oct 4, 2026, 12:15 p.m. MT it read 12 cfs, about 24 acre-feet a day. The median flow for this date over the gauge's record is 28 cfs, so today's flow is 44% of it: critically low.
On the Arkansas River, the nearest gauge BasinMind reads is Arkansas River below Empire Gulch near Malta 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
- Arkansas River at Parkdale
- East Fork Arkansas River at US Highway 24 near Leadville · 14 cfs
- Arkansas River near Nathrop
- Arkansas River at Portland
- Arkansas River at Moffat Street at Pueblo · 284 cfs
- Arkansas River near Avondale · 622 cfs
- Arkansas River at La Junta
More gauges on the Arkansas River
- Arkansas River below Empire Gulch near Malta
- Arkansas River at Granite
- Arkansas River below Granite
- Arkansas River at Canon City
- Arkansas River near Portland
- Arkansas River above Pueblo
- Arkansas River at Nepesta
- Arkansas River at Catlin Dam near Fowler
- Arkansas River at Las Animas
- Arkansas River below John Martin Reservoir
- Arkansas River at Lamar
- Arkansas River near Granada
- Arkansas River at Holly