Yampa River near Maybell flow today
Streamflow at USGS station 09251000, in the Yampa-White-Green basin (Division 6).
About this gauge
Yampa River near Maybell is one of the 30 stream gauges BasinMind reads for the Yampa-White-Green basin, Division 6 of Colorado's seven water divisions. It is USGS station 09251000 (40.5027, -108.0334), and the official record is on that station's page.
At Oct 4, 2026, 12:15 p.m. MT it read 102 cfs, about 202 acre-feet a day. The median flow for this date over the gauge's record is 234 cfs, so today's flow is 44% of it: critically low.
On the Yampa River, the nearest gauges BasinMind reads are Yampa River below Craig upstream and Yampa River at Deerlodge Park downstream.
Across Division 6, DWR lists 8 active calls; the most senior is Prestopitz Ditch Alt PT1 on Talamantes Creek, priority Apr 1, 1882 (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 Yampa-White-Green basin
- White River below Boise Creek near Rangely · 244 cfs
- Yellow Creek near White River · 0.4 cfs
- White River above Coal Creek near Meeker · 201 cfs
- North Fork White River at Buford
- South Fork White River near Budges Resort
- Yampa River above Stagecoach Reservoir · 35 cfs
- Yampa River at Steamboat Springs · 57 cfs
More gauges on the Yampa River
- Yampa River below Stagecoach Reservoir
- Yampa River below Soda Creek at Steamboat Springs
- Yampa River above Elkhead Creek near Hayden
- Yampa River below Craig
- Yampa River at Deerlodge Park