Dolores River near Bedrock flow today
Streamflow at USGS station 09171100, in the San Juan/Dolores basin (Division 7).
About this gauge
Dolores River near Bedrock 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 09171100 (38.3569, -108.8335), and the official record is on that station's page.
At Oct 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. MT it read 19 cfs, about 37 acre-feet a day. The median flow for this date over the gauge's record is 55 cfs, so today's flow is 34% of it: critically low.
On the Dolores River, the nearest gauges BasinMind reads are Dolores River at Bedrock upstream and Dolores River near Gateway 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
- Lost Canyon Creek near Dolores · 0 cfs
- Animas River at Durango · 925 cfs
- Animas River below Durango Pump Plant near Durango · 942 cfs
- Animas River below Silverton · 245 cfs
- San Juan River near Carracas · 453 cfs
More gauges on the Dolores River
Reservoirs in the San Juan/Dolores basin
- Navajo Reservoir
- McPhee Reservoir
- Vallecito Reservoir
- Lake Nighthorse
- Lemon Reservoir
- Jackson Gulch Reservoir