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Purgatoire River at Rock Crossing near Timpas

River gage · PURRCKCO · USGS 07126485 · Division 2 · Water District 19 · Las Animas County

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The record

Period of record
1983-06-01 → 2026-07-06
Daily values
13,162
Latest cached reading
0.0 cfs (2026-07-06)
Trend
decreasing, -12.06 cfs/decade (-24.7% of median)
Pettitt changepoint
~1999

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).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation PURRCKCO; recorded station name “PURGATOIRE RIVER AT ROCK CROSSING NR TIMPAS, CO.”; operated by USGS. 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.