Salt Creek (San Juan)
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 Salt Creek Near Oxford, CO: 2 gaps of 60+ days inside the record (8,235 days in all). Longest: Oct 1, 1983 to Apr 17, 2002 (6,774 days); Oct 1, 1963 to Sep 30, 1967 (1,461 days).
Context (3)
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- ended Discontinued gauges: 1 gauge has stopped reporting: Salt Creek Near Oxford, CO (last 2011). Their segments rest on fewer gauges after those years.
- fallback Salt Creek Near Oxford, CO: 72% of days come from usgs; codwr 28% fill days usgs does not cover, so the source changes within the record.
- zero run Salt Creek Near Oxford, CO: 5 runs of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 103 days from Dec 3, 2006; 103 days from Dec 25, 2010. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Creek Near Oxford, CO | Animas | codwr, usgs | 1956-10-01 | 2011-05-16 | 1674 |