Los Pinos River

River in Colorado, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 519 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

41.3

cfs · 27 min ago

Normal for today

124

cfs median, 75 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

3.29

Below normal for the date33% of medianUSGS gauge 09354500

Thirty-day mean discharge · 23.4–837 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
LOS PINOS RIVER AT LA BOCA, CO.09354500	41.3 cfs	—	27 min ago
LOS PINOS RIVER NEAR IGNACIO, CO09353800	15.8 cfs	—	12 min ago
LOS PINOS R ABV VALLECITO RES NR BAYFIELD, CO09352800	234 cfs	—	1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 124 cfs over 75 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 84.0 and 177 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 Los Pinos River

Los Pinos River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Animas River (22 mi), San Juan River (44 mi), Gunnison River (77 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Los Pinos River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Pale Morning Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Trico	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Grasshopper	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Salmonfly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Sculpin	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: active	December: active
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: peak	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Los Pinos 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.