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Rio Blanco below Blanco Diversion Dam near Pagosa

River gage · RIOBLACO · USGS 09343300 · Division 7 · Water District 29 · Archuleta County

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The record

Period of record
1971-03-01 → 2026-07-06
Daily values
20,217
Latest cached reading
12.5 cfs (2026-07-06)
Trend
decreasing, -10.88 cfs/decade
Pettitt changepoint
~1998

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 (3).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation RIOBLACO; recorded station name “RIO BLANCO BELOW BLANCO DIVERSION DAM NEAR PAGOSA”; 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.