Little Navajo River

Streamflow, conditions and background by watershed segment. Data through November 1, 2026.

Where it is

Segments are the HUC8 watersheds the gauges sit in, numbered upstream to downstream. Use the buttons to switch between the state and the river.

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About the Little Navajo River

This report follows 10 miles (16 km) of the Little Navajo River, all within the Upper San Juan watershed segment. At the lower end of the report the river drains about 24 square miles. Downstream of the mapped reach it flows into the Navajo River. 2 gauges with at least 26 weeks of daily flow cover 1935 to 2026.

From the archive: NHDPlus river network, WBD watersheds, NHD waterbodies, TIGER urban areas and the report's gauges.

From the headwaters down

Each watershed segment in order, with last week's flow rated against the same week in 1991–2020.

  1. Segment 1: Upper San Juan

    81 cfs last week much above normal.

    Median conductance 414 µS/cm in the 2010s. Rain over the last 3 months: 248% of normal.

Reservoirs

No reservoir with 500 acre-feet or more of storage on this river in the National Inventory of Dams.

Sources

Numbered sources for the statements above, as they were read when the page was prepared.