Sapello River

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 Sapello River At Sapello, NM: 1 gap of 60+ days inside the record (13,881 days in all). Longest: Sep 30, 1918 to Sep 30, 1956 (13,881 days).

Context (4)

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  • ended Discontinued gauges: 2 gauges have stopped reporting: Sapello R Nr Watrous, NM (last 1963); Sapello River At Sapello, NM (last 1973). Their segments rest on fewer gauges after those years.
  • single gauge Mora: 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 Sapello R Nr Watrous, NM: 1 run of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 229 days from Oct 1, 1956. Usually real (a dry channel or no release), not missing data.
  • zero run Sapello River At Sapello, NM: 1 run of 60+ days at zero flow; longest 63 days from Dec 18, 1956. 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.

Gauges behind this river
GaugeSegmentPublished byFirstLastWeeks
Sapello River At Sapello, NMMorausgs1917-01-011973-12-24991
Sapello R Nr Watrous, NMMorausgs1956-10-011963-09-23365