Hydrohistorian
Empire Canal near Monte Vista
Ditch / canal gage · EMPCANCO · Division 3 · Water District 20 · Rio Grande County
The record
Period of record
1998-04-09 → 2026-07-06
Daily values
9,242
Latest cached reading
5.6 cfs (2026-07-06)
Trend
decreasing, -51.91 cfs/decade (-80.0% of median)
Pettitt changepoint
~2019
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 EMPCANCO; recorded station name “EMPIRE CANAL NEAR MONTE VISTA”; 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.