Black River

River in New Mexico, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 387 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

4.4

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

11.0

cfs median, 22 yrs

Water temp

°F · 15 min ago

Gage height

5.01

Below normal for the date40% of medianUSGS gauge 08406000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 2.7–78.0 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
BLACK RIVER AT MALAGA, NM08406000	4.4 cfs	—	1h ago
BLACK RIVER ABOVE MALAGA, NM08405500	6.7 cfs	—	45 min ago
BLACK RIVER AT HARKEY CROSSING NR MALAGA, NM08405400	5.5 cfs	73°F	15 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 11.0 cfs over 22 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 4.5 and 23.0 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Black River

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