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Little Snake River

River in Colorado, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 4,034 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

6.4

cfs · 47 min ago

Normal for today

70.0

cfs median, 105 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

0.47

ft

Below normal for the date9% of medianUSGS gauge 09260000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 5.0–612 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER NEAR LILY, CO092600006.4 cfs—47 min ago
LITTLE SNAKE RIVER NEAR SLATER, CO0925300018.1 cfs—1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 70.0 cfs over 105 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 28.0 and 151 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Little Snake River

Little Snake River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Yampa River (39 mi), North Platte River (60 mi), Colorado River (76 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Little Snake River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
Pale Morning DunJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
GrasshopperJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SalmonflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Crane FlyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Green DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: activeJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Little Black StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: activeMarch: activeApril: activeMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TerrestrialsJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Little Snake River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.