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Costilla Creek

River in New Mexico, read from 4 USGS gauges, draining about 200 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

no flow

· 44 min ago

Normal for today

0.4

cfs median, 26 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

1.33

ft

Normal for the date0% of medianUSGS gauge 08261000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 0.0–5.9 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
COSTILLA CREEK NEAR GARCIA, CO08261000no flow—44 min ago
COSTILLA CREEK NEAR COSTILLA, NM082555007.8 cfs—14 min ago
COSTILLA CREEK BELOW COSTILLA DAM, NM082540000.13 cfs—59 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 0.4 cfs over 26 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 0.0 and 2.9 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Costilla Creek

Costilla Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Cimarron River (25 mi), Rio Grande (62 mi), Pecos River (86 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Costilla Creek
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
Pale Morning DunJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
GrasshopperJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: activeJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SalmonflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
TricoJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Costilla Creek

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