Rio Puerco
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: 3 gauges have stopped reporting: Rio Puerco At Cabezon, NM (last 1951); Rio Puerco At Rio Puerco, NM (last 1976); Rio Puerco Abv Arroyo Chico Nr Guadalupe, NM (last 2021). Their segments rest on fewer gauges after those years.
- single gauge Rio Puerco: 63% 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.
- zero run Rio Puerco Abv Arroyo Chico Nr Guadalupe, NM: 42 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 312 days from Sep 1, 2001; 307 days from Sep 27, 2010. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
- zero run Rio Puerco At Cabezon, NM: 8 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 129 days from Oct 6, 1950; 128 days from Oct 2, 1949. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
- zero run Rio Puerco At Rio Puerco, NM: 23 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 235 days from Sep 9, 1951; 169 days from Jan 22, 1950. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
- copy disagree Rio Puerco Near Bernardo, NM: The usace_cwms copy agrees on the median but differs by more than 10% on 45% of 1,159 shared days (often provisional vs approved data, or a different daily averaging window). The report takes 3 days from usace_cwms where usgs is missing, so the level can shift there.
- zero run Rio Puerco Near Bernardo, NM: 79 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 288 days from Sep 20, 2020; 286 days from Oct 9, 1950. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
Values removed (2)
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.
Show 2 removed values
| Gauge | Date | Source | cfs | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Puerco Near Bernardo, NM | 2012-07-12 | usace_cwms | 391.3 | automatic: daily mean above that water year's USGS peak of 303 cfs |
| Rio Puerco Near Bernardo, NM | 2012-07-13 | usace_cwms | 409.8 | automatic: daily mean above that water year's USGS peak of 303 cfs |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Puerco At Cabezon, NM | Rio Puerco | usgs | 1944-10-02 | 1951-09-24 | 365 |
| Rio Puerco Abv Arroyo Chico Nr Guadalupe, NM | Rio Puerco | usgs | 1951-10-01 | 2021-01-04 | 3615 |
| Rio Puerco At Rio Puerco, NM | Rio Puerco | usgs | 1934-02-26 | 1976-12-27 | 2236 |
| Rio Puerco Near Bernardo, NM | Rio Grande-Albuquerque | nwps, usace_cwms, usbr_hydrodata, usgs | 1939-10-30 | 2026-10-26 | 4540 |