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Los Pinos River near Ortiz

River gage · LOSORTCO · USGS 08248000 · Division 3 · Water District 22 · Conejos County

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The record

Period of record
1915-01-01 → 2026-07-06
Daily values
39,361
Latest cached reading
6.9 cfs (2026-07-06)
Trend
decreasing, -4.16 cfs/decade (-3.9% 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 LOSORTCO; recorded station name “LOS PINOS RIVER NEAR ORTIZ”; 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.