Galisteo 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 (0)
No warnings.
Context (7)
Show 7 notes
- ended Discontinued gauges: 2 gauges have stopped reporting: Galisteo C At Domingo, NM (last 1971); Galisteo Creek Above Galisteo Reservoir, NM (last 1976). Their segments rest on fewer gauges after those years.
- flatline Galisteo C At Domingo, NM: 1 run of 30+ days at exactly the same flow: 1.5 cfs for 31 days from Jan 1, 1964. Usually an estimated period (ice, a broken gauge) rather than measured daily flow.
- zero run Galisteo C At Domingo, NM: 35 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 197 days from Dec 5, 1969; 191 days from Aug 22, 1956. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
- copy disagree Galisteo Creek Below Galisteo Dam, NM: The usace_cwms copy agrees on the median but differs by more than 10% on 51% of 282 shared days (often provisional vs approved data, or a different daily averaging window). The report does not use usace_cwms for this gauge.
- spike Galisteo Creek Below Galisteo Dam, NM: 2 single-day flows far above the gauge's usual range (99th percentile 99 cfs) with no annual peak on record to confirm them: 761 cfs on Sep 30, 2026; 521 cfs on Aug 21, 1970. Flash floods are common here, but these are unverified.
- zero run Galisteo Creek Below Galisteo Dam, NM: 47 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 305 days from Sep 24, 2010; 300 days from Sep 3, 2007. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
- single gauge Rio Grande-Santa Fe: 92% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galisteo C At Domingo, NM | Rio Grande-Santa Fe | usgs | 1941-09-29 | 1971-06-21 | 1552 |
| Galisteo Creek Below Galisteo Dam, NM | Rio Grande-Santa Fe | nwps, usace_cwms, usbr_hydrodata, usgs | 1970-03-23 | 2026-10-26 | 2954 |
| Galisteo Creek Above Galisteo Reservoir, NM | Rio Grande-Santa Fe | usgs | 1970-05-04 | 1976-09-20 | 334 |