Gauge Description:

300cfs to 800cfs is V-

800cfs to 1500cfs is V

Greater than 1500cfs is V+ 1500 to 2000 is generally considered the most dangerous level as the rapids are very pushy with big holes, but the sieves haven't been covered up yet. Above 2000 the holes and waves are huge, but the sieve factor becomes non-existant

This reach gets dam release water from Colorado, which uses up most of it. The river will often start running in March or April and shut off just when it starts to get to a good level. Only in big snow years will there be a lot of water in here

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

RIO GRANDE NEAR CERRO, NM

usgs-08263500

300 - 3000 cfs

00h46m

544 cfs (rc= 0.1 )

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
300 -3000 cfs	barely runnable-high runnable	V

Report - Reports of Rio Grande 3. Chiflo Campground to Little Arsenic Trail and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When	River/Gauge	Subject	Level	Reporter
6y43h59m	Rio Grande [NM]	Pleasure Plunge	700cfs low	Brian Adkins
6y8d19h59m	Rio Grande [NM]	Room of Doom	500cfs low	Brian Adkins
6y9d19h59m	Rio Grande [NM]	Little Arsenic Rapid	500cfs (low)	Brian Adkins
6y19d19h59m	Rio Grande [NM]	Hell Hole Sieve	500cfs	Brian Adkins