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Gila River near Redrock

Highest listed crest 31.00 ftFlood stage 20.0 ft81 crests since 1911

The Gila River near Redrock crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 81 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1911 to 2016. The highest, 31.00 ft on September 29, 1941, was major flooding, 11.00 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Gila River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
31.00 ft
September 29, 1941; 40,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
20.0 ft
Major flooding from 29.0 ft
Crests at major
2
1st of 46 gauges in New Mexico
Most recent flood crest
January 19, 1993
20.20 ft, minor flooding
Location
Grant County
New Mexico

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Gila River near Redrock
Action stage15.013Sep 16, 2013The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)20.03Jan 19, 1993Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage25.01Dec 28, 1984Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage29.02Dec 19, 1978Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

81 crests from 1911 to 2016. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Gila River near Redrock, 1911 to 2016 010203040ft Flood stage 20.0 ftMajor 29.0 ft Jul 23, 1911: 22.00 ft, minor flooding; 18,000 cubic feet per secondAug 7, 1929: 11.00 ft, below flood stage; 6,900 cubic feet per secondAug 8, 1930: 10.20 ft, below flood stage; 5,460 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1931: 11.46 ft, below flood stage; 7,800 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 1932: 9.91 ft, below flood stage; 4,800 cubic feet per secondAug 30, 1933: 9.10 ft, below flood stage; 2,890 cubic feet per secondAug 26, 1934: 11.09 ft, below flood stage; 7,480 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 1935: 9.90 ft, below flood stage; 4,600 cubic feet per secondSep 21, 1936: 10.80 ft, below flood stage; 5,660 cubic feet per secondFeb 16, 1937: 13.67 ft, below flood stage; 11,800 cubic feet per secondSep 1, 1938: 11.36 ft, below flood stage; 7,940 cubic feet per secondSep 16, 1939: 9.30 ft, below flood stage; 4,350 cubic feet per secondOct 8, 1939: 15.42 ft, action stage; 15,300 cubic feet per secondSep 29, 1941: 31.00 ft, major flooding; 40,000 cubic feet per secondSep 16, 1942: 9.25 ft, below flood stage; 3,940 cubic feet per secondAug 8, 1943: 9.01 ft, below flood stage; 2,670 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 1944: 10.20 ft, below flood stage; 3,080 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 1945: 8.30 ft, below flood stage; 1,560 cubic feet per secondSep 4, 1946: 10.97 ft, below flood stage; 4,600 cubic feet per secondAug 22, 1947: 11.30 ft, below flood stage; 3,890 cubic feet per secondAug 12, 1948: 10.80 ft, below flood stage; 4,930 cubic feet per secondJan 14, 1949: 18.10 ft, action stage; 18,200 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1950: 10.50 ft, below flood stage; 4,560 cubic feet per secondOct 4, 1950: 6.82 ft, below flood stage; 454 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 1952: 12.75 ft, below flood stage; 9,100 cubic feet per secondAug 20, 1953: 12.10 ft, below flood stage; 7,700 cubic feet per secondAug 10, 1954: 14.24 ft, below flood stage; 10,400 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 1955: 13.15 ft, below flood stage; 9,500 cubic feet per secondAug 22, 1963: 14.30 ft, below flood stage; 3,500 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1964: 14.03 ft, below flood stage; 3,360 cubic feet per secondJul 18, 1965: 13.97 ft, below flood stage; 4,130 cubic feet per secondDec 23, 1965: 18.50 ft, action stage; 16,800 cubic feet per secondAug 12, 1967: 15.07 ft, action stage; 6,860 cubic feet per secondFeb 15, 1968: 12.39 ft, below flood stage; 2,970 cubic feet per secondSep 2, 1969: 12.84 ft, below flood stage; 3,050 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 1970: 11.18 ft, below flood stage; 1,330 cubic feet per secondOct 26, 1971: 16.33 ft, action stage; 7,640 cubic feet per secondOct 20, 1972: 21.16 ft, minor flooding; 26,200 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1974: 10.95 ft, below flood stage; 1,520 cubic feet per secondSep 11, 1975: 14.40 ft, below flood stage; 6,740 cubic feet per secondSep 15, 1976: 13.91 ft, below flood stage; 6,180 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 1977: 11.91 ft, below flood stage; 3,270 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 1978: 15.60 ft, action stage; 12,700 cubic feet per secondDec 19, 1978: 29.80 ft, major flooding; 48,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 15, 1980: 11.61 ft, below flood stage; 6,180 cubic feet per secondAug 17, 1981: 11.15 ft, below flood stage; 5,470 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1981: 9.55 ft, below flood stage; 2,990 cubic feet per secondFeb 4, 1983: 12.60 ft, below flood stage; 10,800 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1983: 19.26 ft, action stage; 26,300 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 1984: 25.20 ft, moderate flooding; 39,100 cubic feet per secondOct 11, 1985: 12.75 ft, below flood stage; 7,210 cubic feet per secondAug 10, 1987: 10.50 ft, below flood stage; 3,610 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 1988: 16.50 ft, action stage; 16,600 cubic feet per secondJul 24, 1989: 6.95 ft, below flood stage; 503 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 1990: 8.10 ft, below flood stage; 1,360 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 1991: 14.83 ft, below flood stage; 11,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1992: 10.93 ft, below flood stage; 5,290 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 1993: 20.20 ft, minor flooding; 25,500 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1994: 5.99 ft, below flood stage; 827 cubic feet per secondDec 6, 1994: 17.80 ft, action stage; 20,400 cubic feet per secondSep 15, 1996: 9.94 ft, below flood stage; 3,680 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 1997: 15.71 ft, action stage; 16,700 cubic feet per secondJul 25, 1998: 11.34 ft, below flood stage; 5,970 cubic feet per secondAug 5, 1999: 9.87 ft, below flood stage; 4,070 cubic feet per secondAug 11, 2000: 5.34 ft, below flood stage; 247 cubic feet per secondOct 28, 2000: 9.32 ft, below flood stage; 3,900 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 2002: 11.52 ft, below flood stage; 4,410 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 2003: 7.59 ft, below flood stage; 1,130 cubic feet per secondAug 18, 2004: 8.21 ft, below flood stage; 1,260 cubic feet per secondFeb 12, 2005: 18.48 ft, action stage; 22,900 cubic feet per secondAug 22, 2006: 11.29 ft, below flood stage; 8,130 cubic feet per secondAug 7, 2007: 11.90 ft, below flood stage; 7,850 cubic feet per secondJan 29, 2008: 15.41 ft, action stage; 11,900 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 2009: 9.73 ft, below flood stage; 6,260 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 2010: 10.56 ft, below flood stage; 7,260 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 2011: 7.18 ft, below flood stage; 1,640 cubic feet per secondAug 19, 2012: 7.30 ft, below flood stage; 2,520 cubic feet per secondSep 16, 2013: 15.55 ft, action stage; 12,000 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 2014: 12.67 ft, below flood stage; 8,630 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 2015: 11.10 ft, below flood stage; 6,290 cubic feet per secondSep 8, 2016: 8.69 ft, below flood stage; 3,290 cubic feet per second Highest, 31.00 ft, Sep 29, 1941 19201940196019802000

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Gila River near Redrock 1910s: 1 1920s: 0 1930s: 0 1940s: 1 1950s: 0 1960s: 0 1970s: 2 2 1980s: 1 1990s: 1 2000s: 0 2010s: 0 1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s
  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.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 81 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Gila River near Redrock
1Sep 29, 194131.00+11.00Major40,000
2Dec 19, 197829.80+9.80Major48,800
3Dec 28, 198425.20+5.20Moderate39,100
4Jul 23, 191122.00+2.00Minor18,000
5Oct 20, 197221.16+1.16Minor26,200
6Jan 19, 199320.20+0.20Minor25,500
7Oct 2, 198319.26−0.74Action26,300
8Dec 23, 196518.50−1.50Action16,800
9Feb 12, 200518.48−1.52Action22,900
10Jan 14, 194918.10−1.90Action18,200
11Dec 6, 199417.80−2.20Action20,400
12Sep 22, 198816.50−3.50Action16,600
13Oct 26, 197116.33−3.67Action7,640
14Sep 22, 199715.71−4.29Action16,700
15Mar 3, 197815.60−4.40Action12,700
16Sep 16, 201315.55−4.45Action12,000
17Oct 8, 193915.42−4.58Action15,300
18Jan 29, 200815.41−4.59Action11,900
19Aug 12, 196715.07−4.93Action6,860
20Mar 2, 199114.83−5.17Below flood stage11,600
21Sep 11, 197514.40−5.60Below flood stage6,740
22Aug 22, 196314.30−5.70Below flood stage3,500
23Aug 10, 195414.24−5.76Below flood stage10,400
24Sep 24, 196414.03−5.97Below flood stage3,360
25Jul 18, 196513.97−6.03Below flood stage4,130
26Sep 15, 197613.91−6.09Below flood stage6,180
27Feb 16, 193713.67−6.33Below flood stage11,800
28Aug 4, 195513.15−6.85Below flood stage9,500
29Sep 2, 196912.84−7.16Below flood stage3,050
30Jan 19, 195212.75−7.25Below flood stage9,100
31Oct 11, 198512.75−7.25Below flood stage7,210
32Sep 22, 201412.67−7.33Below flood stage8,630
33Feb 4, 198312.60−7.40Below flood stage10,800
34Feb 15, 196812.39−7.61Below flood stage2,970
35Aug 20, 195312.10−7.90Below flood stage7,700
36Aug 16, 197711.91−8.09Below flood stage3,270
37Aug 7, 200711.90−8.10Below flood stage7,850
38Feb 15, 198011.61−8.39Below flood stage6,180
39Sep 12, 200211.52−8.48Below flood stage4,410
40Jul 3, 193111.46−8.54Below flood stage7,800
41Sep 1, 193811.36−8.64Below flood stage7,940
42Jul 25, 199811.34−8.66Below flood stage5,970
43Aug 22, 194711.30−8.70Below flood stage3,890
44Aug 22, 200611.29−8.71Below flood stage8,130
45Sep 18, 197011.18−8.82Below flood stage1,330
46Aug 17, 198111.15−8.85Below flood stage5,470
47Jan 31, 201511.10−8.90Below flood stage6,290
48Aug 26, 193411.09−8.91Below flood stage7,480
49Aug 7, 192911.00−9.00Below flood stage6,900
50Sep 4, 194610.97−9.03Below flood stage4,600

The worst floods along the Gila River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Gila River that crested above flood stage within a week.

September 29, 1941: 31.00 ft here, major flooding

  • VirdenNM · Sep 29, 1941 · 25.78 ft · Moderate

December 19, 1978: 29.80 ft here, major flooding

  • VirdenNM · Dec 19, 1978 · 29.00 ft · Major · its highest

December 28, 1984: 25.20 ft here, moderate flooding

  • VirdenNM · Dec 28, 1984 · 23.20 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Gila River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Gila River
GilaNM11.012.90 ft, Sep 15, 20130
Coolidge DamAZ2,515.02,521.36 ft, Jan 25, 19930
DuncanAZ20.021.36 ft, Feb 15, 20050
KelvinAZ27.033.00 ft, Oct 2, 19830
Painted Rock LakeAZ661.0667.05 ft, Feb 27, 19930
CalvaAZ20.023.00 ft, Oct 3, 19830
MaricopaAZ6.06.80 ft, Jan 22, 19930
Redrock this gaugeNM20.031.00 ft, Sep 29, 19412
VirdenNM15.029.00 ft, Dec 19, 19781

Other gauges in Grant County

Flood gauges in Grant County
Gila11.012.90 ft, Sep 15, 20130
Virden15.029.00 ft, Dec 19, 19781

Grant County: every hazard · River floods across the country · New Mexico

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RGRN5, 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.