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Santa Fe River

River in New Mexico, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 231 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

44.2

cfs · 45 min ago

Normal for today

5.8

cfs median, 49 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

1.41

ft

Above normal for the date762% of medianUSGS gauge 08317200
Thirty-day mean discharge · 0.0–190 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
SANTA FE RIVER ABOVE COCHITI LAKE, NM0831720044.2 cfs—45 min ago
SANTA FE RIVER NEAR SANTA FE, NM0831600018.1 cfs—15 min ago
SANTA FE RIVER ABOVE MCCLURE RES, NR SANTA FE, NM0831548012.2 cfs—1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 5.8 cfs over 49 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 2.1 and 6.7 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Santa Fe River

Santa Fe River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Pecos River (8 mi), Rio Grande (37 mi), Cimarron River (67 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Santa Fe River
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 Santa Fe 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.