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Lost Canyon Creek above Dolores

Highest listed crest 8.25 ftFlood stage 7.4 ft41 crests since 1984

The Lost Canyon Creek above Dolores crested above flood stage 1 time among the 41 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1984 to 2025. The highest, 8.25 ft on May 1, 2023, was minor flooding, 0.85 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
8.25 ft
May 1, 2023; 1,070 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
7.4 ft
Major flooding from 10.7 ft
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
May 1, 2023
8.25 ft, minor flooding
Location
Montezuma County
Colorado

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Lost Canyon Creek above Dolores
Action stage7.21Apr 28, 2019The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)7.41May 1, 2023Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage9.30—Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage10.70—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

41 crests from 1984 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Lost Canyon Creek above Dolores, 1984 to 2025 24681012ft Flood stage 7.4 ftMajor 10.7 ft May 13, 1984: 6.76 ft, below flood stage; 678 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 1985: 6.75 ft, below flood stage; 657 cubic feet per secondApr 17, 1987: 6.65 ft, below flood stage; 609 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1988: 4.03 ft, below flood stage; 139 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1989: 4.56 ft, below flood stage; 238 cubic feet per secondMay 8, 1990: 2.63 ft, below flood stage; 35 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1991: 5.43 ft, below flood stageApr 14, 1992: 5.83 ft, below flood stage; 411 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 1993: 6.67 ft, below flood stage; 623 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 1994: 5.26 ft, below flood stage; 358 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1995: 6.08 ft, below flood stage; 526 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 1996: 3.74 ft, below flood stage; 122 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1997: 6.45 ft, below flood stage; 549 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1998: 6.27 ft, below flood stage; 552 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 1999: 4.86 ft, below flood stage; 269 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 2000: 4.43 ft, below flood stage; 198 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2001: 4.98 ft, below flood stage; 262 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 2002: 2.02 ft, below flood stage; 6 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 2003: 4.36 ft, below flood stage; 169 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2004: 4.57 ft, below flood stage; 152 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 2005: 6.91 ft, below flood stageApr 18, 2006: 4.05 ft, below flood stage; 93 cubic feet per secondMar 19, 2007: 5.14 ft, below flood stage; 238 cubic feet per secondApr 20, 2008: 6.37 ft, below flood stage; 470 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 2009: 6.07 ft, below flood stage; 403 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 2010: 6.33 ft, below flood stage; 470 cubic feet per secondMay 24, 2011: 5.79 ft, below flood stage; 321 cubic feet per secondApr 1, 2012: 4.85 ft, below flood stage; 154 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 2013: 3.27 ft, below flood stage; 41 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 2014: 4.64 ft, below flood stage; 107 cubic feet per secondMay 20, 2015: 6.21 ft, below flood stage; 376 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2016: 5.76 ft, below flood stage; 258 cubic feet per secondApr 19, 2017: 6.66 ft, below flood stage; 526 cubic feet per secondApr 10, 2018: 3.23 ft, below flood stage; 22 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 2019: 7.35 ft, action stage; 646 cubic feet per secondApr 29, 2020: 3.35 ft, below flood stage; 37 cubic feet per secondMay 2, 2021: 2.46 ft, below flood stage; 7 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 2022: 5.12 ft, below flood stage; 156 cubic feet per secondMay 1, 2023: 8.25 ft, minor flooding; 1,070 cubic feet per secondApr 24, 2024: 4.06 ft, below flood stage; 67 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2025: 2.35 ft, below flood stage; 3 cubic feet per second Highest, 8.25 ft, May 1, 2023 1990200020102020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Lost Canyon Creek above Dolores 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 0 2020s: 1 1 1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
  3. 1 crest measured on an earlier gauge datum is left out: 7.23 ft on Apr 2, 1986.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Lost Canyon Creek above Dolores
1May 1, 20238.25+0.85Minor1,070
2Apr 28, 20197.35−0.05Action646
3Apr 18, 20056.91−0.49Below flood stage—
4May 13, 19846.76−0.64Below flood stage678
5Apr 15, 19856.75−0.65Below flood stage657
6May 18, 19936.67−0.73Below flood stage623
7Apr 19, 20176.66−0.74Below flood stage526
8Apr 17, 19876.65−0.75Below flood stage609
9May 22, 19976.45−0.95Below flood stage549
10Apr 20, 20086.37−1.03Below flood stage470
11Apr 18, 20106.33−1.07Below flood stage470
12May 3, 19986.27−1.13Below flood stage552
13May 20, 20156.21−1.19Below flood stage376
14May 16, 19956.08−1.32Below flood stage526
15Apr 22, 20096.07−1.33Below flood stage403
16Apr 14, 19925.83−1.57Below flood stage411
17May 24, 20115.79−1.61Below flood stage321
18May 7, 20165.76−1.64Below flood stage258
19Apr 21, 19915.43−1.97Below flood stage—
20May 7, 19945.26−2.14Below flood stage358
21Mar 19, 20075.14−2.26Below flood stage238
22Apr 22, 20225.12−2.28Below flood stage156
23May 2, 20014.98−2.42Below flood stage262
24May 15, 19994.86−2.54Below flood stage269
25Apr 1, 20124.85−2.55Below flood stage154
26Apr 21, 20144.64−2.76Below flood stage107
27May 7, 20044.57−2.83Below flood stage152
28Apr 9, 19894.56−2.84Below flood stage238
29Apr 14, 20004.43−2.97Below flood stage198
30Apr 27, 20034.36−3.04Below flood stage169
31Apr 24, 20244.06−3.34Below flood stage67
32Apr 18, 20064.05−3.35Below flood stage93
33Apr 9, 19884.03−3.37Below flood stage139
34Apr 28, 19963.74−3.66Below flood stage122
35Apr 29, 20203.35−4.05Below flood stage37
36Apr 29, 20133.27−4.13Below flood stage41
37Apr 10, 20183.23−4.17Below flood stage22
38May 8, 19902.63−4.77Below flood stage35
39May 2, 20212.46−4.94Below flood stage7
40May 7, 20252.35−5.05Below flood stage3
41Sep 12, 20022.02−5.38Below flood stage6

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LCCC2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.