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Culebra Creek at San Luis

River gage · CULSANCO · USGS 08250000 · Division 3 · Water District 24 · Costilla County

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The record

Period of record
1927-04-01 → 2026-07-06
Daily values
36,257
Latest cached reading
17.8 cfs (2026-07-06)
Trend
decreasing, -2.28 cfs/decade (-5.3% of median)
Pettitt changepoint
~1949

Readings come from the weekly-refreshed cache, never fetched live — the date beside the value says exactly how fresh it is. The live gage is one click up.

Annual flow & trend

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Where it sits

Location as DWR records it (5.0).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation CULSANCO; recorded station name “CULEBRA CREEK AT SAN LUIS, CO”; operated by DWR. Daily flows from the DWR HydroBase snapshot plus CDSS REST updates, refreshed on the weekly cycle. Trend statistics are Mann-Kendall (Hamed-Rao corrected) with Sen's slope in native cfs, the same numbers as the basin Trends tab.