Rio Grande near Del Norte flow today
Streamflow at DWR telemetry station RIODELCO, in the Rio Grande basin (Division 3).
About this gauge
Rio Grande near Del Norte is one of the 6 stream gauges BasinMind reads for the Rio Grande basin, Division 3 of Colorado's seven water divisions. It is DWR station RIODELCO (37.6886, -106.4598), and the official record is on that station's page.
At Oct 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m. MT it read 927 cfs, about 1,839 acre-feet a day. DWR telemetry stations carry no daily median, so no percentage is shown.
Other gauges BasinMind reads on the Rio Grande: Rio Grande at Alamosa and Rio Grande near Lobatos.
Across Division 3, DWR lists 9 active calls; the most senior is Garland D,Hdgt 1 on Sangre De Cristo Creek, priority May 31, 1863 (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 Rio Grande basin
- Rio Grande at Alamosa · 19 cfs
- Conejos River near Mogote · 340 cfs
- Alamosa River below Terrace Reservoir · 66 cfs
- Rio Grande near Lobatos