Bluewater Creek
Streamflow, conditions and background by watershed segment. Data through November 1, 2026.
Data gaps and disparities
Found automatically in the gauge records behind this river, and notes from a reviewer who checked them against other sources. Gauges need at least 26 weeks of daily data to appear on the Flow tab.
Warnings (1)
- warning: gap Bluewater C B Bluewater Dam, NM: 1 gap of 60+ days inside the record (9,426 days in all). Longest: Sep 30, 1963 to Jul 20, 1989 (9,426 days).
Context (5)
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- flatline Bluewater C B Bluewater Dam, NM: 1 run of 30+ days at exactly the same flow: 1.5 cfs for 31 days from Jan 15, 1995. Usually an estimated period (ice, a broken gauge) rather than measured daily flow.
- flatline Bluewater C Nr Bluewater, NM: 1 run of 30+ days at exactly the same flow: 1.2 cfs for 30 days from Dec 4, 1971. Usually an estimated period (ice, a broken gauge) rather than measured daily flow.
- zero run Bluewater Cr Ab Bluewater Dam Bluewtr, NM: 1 run of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 98 days from Jul 17, 2000. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
- ended Discontinued gauges: 3 gauges have stopped reporting: Bluewater C Nr Bluewater, NM (last 1973); Bluewater C B Bluewater Dam, NM (last 2001); Bluewater Cr Ab Bluewater Dam Bluewtr, NM (last 2001). Their segments rest on fewer gauges after those years.
- single gauge Rio San Jose: 56% of this segment's weeks rest on a single gauge; the segment value is that gauge in those weeks, and jumps when other gauges join or drop out.
Values removed (0)
A reading is removed automatically only when it is impossible (for example, a daily mean above the highest flow USGS recorded that water year). Low and zero flows are never removed: rivers here really do dry up.
None.
Gauges
Each row is one physical gauge; "published by" lists every agency copy that was merged into it.
| Gauge | Segment | Published by | First | Last | Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater C Nr Bluewater, NM | Rio San Jose | usgs | 1960-10-03 | 1973-01-01 | 640 |
| Bluewater C B Bluewater Dam, NM | Rio San Jose | usgs | 1951-03-19 | 2001-02-12 | 1258 |
| Bluewater Cr Ab Bluewater Dam Bluewtr, NM | Rio San Jose | usgs | 1989-07-24 | 2001-02-12 | 604 |