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Arkansas River Tributary above Highway 227 at Pueblo flow today

Streamflow at USGS station 07099973, in the Arkansas basin (Division 2).

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

Flow18 cfsabout 36 acre-feet a dayUSGS · Oct 4, 2026, 1:30 p.m. MT
% of median48%median for this date: 38 cfsUSGS · Oct 4, 2026, 1:30 p.m. MT
Statuscritically lowagainst the daily median over the gauge's recordUSGS · Oct 4, 2026, 1:30 p.m. MT

About this gauge

Arkansas River Tributary above Highway 227 at Pueblo 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 07099973 (38.2539, -104.5958), and the official record is on that station's page.

At Oct 4, 2026, 1:30 p.m. MT it read 18 cfs, about 36 acre-feet a day. The median flow for this date over the gauge's record is 38 cfs, so today's flow is 48% of it: critically low.

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

Reservoirs in the Arkansas basin

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Sources

  1. U.S. Geological Survey — station 07099973
  2. USGS — National Water Information System
  3. Colorado DWR — Active administrative calls (CDSS)