Historical Annual Runoff

Click here to download a PDF of the Historical Annual Colorado River Runoff diagram

• Annual totals by water year (Oct 1 – Sep 30).
• Most recent water year data may be provisional.
• Years with incomplete gauge data have been omitted.
• Annual runoff totals are in units of 1000 Acre-Feet.

Graphs are interactive, hovering over data will show the runoff values.

 

Colorado Water Supply Outlook

The Natural Resource Conservation Service water supply outlook, as of May 1, 2021, contains the following estimates of runoff for the May through July 2021 period at the following gauges (Note: Not all gauges shown for historical runoff are forecasted, in which case a representative gauge from the outlook report was chosen):

Division	River	May - July Forecasted Runoff (1000 AF)	% of 30 yr avg
1	South Platte River at South Platte	119	76%
2	Arkansas River above Pueblo	230	70%
3	Rio Grande River at Thirty Mile Bridge	64	60%
4	Gunnison River near Grand Junction	480	38%
5	Colorado River near Dotsero	675	53%
6	Yampa River near Maybell	325	41%
7	Animas River at Durango	150	41%