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San Juan River near Archuleta

Highest listed crest 7.00 ftFlood stage 7.0 ft16 crests since 1965

The San Juan River near Archuleta crested above flood stage 1 time among the 16 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1965 to 2017. The highest, 7.00 ft on June 16, 2017, was minor flooding.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
7.00 ft
June 16, 2017; 4,952 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
7.0 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
June 16, 2017
7.00 ft, minor flooding
Location
San Juan 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, San Juan River near Archuleta
Action stage6.69Jun 9, 2011The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)7.01Jun 16, 2017Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat

Every listed crest

16 crests from 1965 to 2017. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the San Juan River near Archuleta, 1965 to 2017 4.555.566.57ft Flood stage 7.0 ft Jun 20, 1965: 4.57 ft, below flood stage; 6,500 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1973: 6.45 ft, below flood stage; 5,620 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1979: 6.67 ft, action stage; 5,780 cubic feet per secondMay 23, 1985: 6.48 ft, below flood stage; 5,120 cubic feet per secondJun 6, 1987: 6.46 ft, below flood stage; 5,060 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 1993: 6.22 ft, below flood stage; 4,540 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 1995: 6.60 ft, action stage; 4,890 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 1997: 6.71 ft, action stage; 5,660 cubic feet per secondJun 5, 1998: 6.52 ft, below flood stage; 5,210 cubic feet per secondMay 30, 2001: 6.65 ft, action stage; 5,520 cubic feet per secondMay 18, 2005: 6.77 ft, action stage; 5,090 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2006: 6.61 ft, action stage; 5,140 cubic feet per secondMay 29, 2008: 6.89 ft, action stage; 5,460 cubic feet per secondJun 8, 2009: 6.85 ft, action stage; 5,380 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2011: 6.93 ft, action stage; 5,460 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 2017: 7.00 ft, minor flooding; 4,952 cubic feet per second Highest, 7.00 ft, Jun 16, 2017 19701980199020002010

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, San Juan River near Archuleta 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 0 1990s: 0 2000s: 0 2010s: 1 1 1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s
  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. 2 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 7.19 ft on Mar 27, 1955; 11.00 ft on Jul 27, 1957.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, San Juan River near Archuleta
1Jun 16, 20177.000.00Minor4,952
2Jun 9, 20116.93−0.07Action5,460
3May 29, 20086.89−0.11Action5,460
4Jun 8, 20096.85−0.15Action5,380
5May 18, 20056.77−0.23Action5,090
6Jun 9, 19976.71−0.29Action5,660
7May 23, 19796.67−0.33Action5,780
8May 30, 20016.65−0.35Action5,520
9Jun 8, 20066.61−0.39Action5,140
10Jun 5, 19956.60−0.40Action4,890
11Jun 5, 19986.52−0.48Below flood stage5,210
12May 23, 19856.48−0.52Below flood stage5,120
13Jun 6, 19876.46−0.54Below flood stage5,060
14Jul 3, 19736.45−0.55Below flood stage5,620
15Mar 20, 19936.22−0.78Below flood stage4,540
16Jun 20, 19654.57−2.43Below flood stage6,500

Gauges on the San Juan River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the San Juan River
Pagosa SpringsCO10.515.02 ft, Oct 23, 20262
Archuleta this gaugeNM7.07.00 ft, Jun 16, 20170
FarmingtonNM8.511.80 ft, Sep 28, 19350

Other gauges in San Juan County

Flood gauges in San Juan County
Farmington10.016.50 ft, Oct 6, 19112
Farmington8.511.80 ft, Sep 28, 19350

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ARCN5, 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.