San Juan River (Colorado River tributary)
Discharge

San Juan River (Colorado River tributary)

Section Title: Discharge
Table Section Text: None

USGS real-time stations on the San Juan River

Gage location (ID number)	Start year	Average discharge	Maximum discharge	Minimum discharge	Drainage area	Percent of total watershed

Pagosa Springs, CO 09342500	1935	368 ft3/s (10 m3/s)	25,000 ft3/s (708 m3/s)	8.3 ft3/s (0.2 m3/s)	281 mi2 (728 km2)	1.1%

Carracas, CO 09346400	1961	587 ft3/s (17 m3/s)	8,590 ft3/s (243 m3/s)	0.8 ft3/s (0.02 m3/s)	1,250 mi2 (3,240 km2)	5.1%

Archuleta, NM 09355500	1954	1,070 ft3/s (30 m3/s)	18,900 ft3/s (535 m3/s)	8 ft3/s (0.2 m3/s)	3,260 mi2 (8,443 km2)	13.3%

Farmington, NM 09365000	1931	1,980 ft3/s (56 m3/s)	30,000 ft3/s (849 m3/s)	27 ft3/s (0.8 m3/s)	7,240 mi2 (18,750 km2)	29.4%

Shiprock, NM 09368000	1935	1,983 ft3/s (56 m3/s)	80,000 ft3/s (2,265 m3/s)	8 ft3/s (0.2 m3/s)	12,900 mi2 (33,400 km2)	52.4%

Four Corners, CO 09371010	1977	1,959 ft3/s (55 m3/s)	16,900 ft3/s (479 m3/s)	110 ft3/s (3 m3/s)	14,600 mi2 (37,800 km2)	59.3%

Bluff, UT 09379500	1914	2,152 ft3/s (61 m3/s)	70,000 ft3/s (1,982 m3/s)	0 ft3/s (0 m3/s)	23,000 mi2 (59,700 km2)	93.5%

Stations are listed from furthest upstream to furthest downstream. Although river discharge is generally expected to increase from upstream to downstream, note that discrepancies in the data may be due to differences in the period of record, as well as human modifications, diversions and dams.

Sentence(s)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) gaging station at Bluff, Utah recorded an average discharge of 2,152 cubic feet per second.

final_sentence: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) gaging station at Bluff, Utah recorded an average discharge of 2,152 cubic feet per second.