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San Miguel River at Naturita

River gage · SMGNATCO · USGS 09175500 · Division 4 · Water District 60 · Montrose County

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The record

Period of record
1917-10-01 → 1981-09-30
Daily values
19,358
Latest cached reading
41.0 cfs (1981-09-30)
Trend
decreasing, -23.68 cfs/decade (-7.5% 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

Chart: annual mean flow at San Miguel River at Naturita, water years 1917 to 1981. The measured record is decreasing at -23.68 cubic feet per second per decade. A Pettitt changepoint is detected around 1949. The underlying yearly values are available as a CSV download linked at the top of this page.

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Where it sits

Location as DWR records it (5).

Provenance

DWR station abbreviation SMGNATCO; recorded station name “SAN MIGUEL RIVER AT NATURITA, 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.