Rivers running well below normal
Local streams are flowing at 75-107% of normal in the Roaring Fork watershed as of Nov. 1, while the Colorado River is running at 54% of average at Dotsero and 82% near the Colorado-Utah stateline.
At Stillwater, located upstream of Aspen, the Roaring Fork River ran at 29.4 cfs on Nov. 1, or 86% of average. Last year, the Fork ran at 17.4 cfs on Nov. 1 at Stillwater.
The USGS sensor below Maroon Creek recorded the Fork running at 131 cfs on Nov. 1, or 107% of average. The river flowed at 75% of average near Emma, below the confluence with the dam-controlled Fryingpan.
Meanwhile, the Crystal River above Avalanche Creek, which is not impacted by dams or transbasin diversions, flowed at 265% of average on Nov. 1, or 220 cfs.
The Colorado River ran at 1,380 cfs at Glenwood Springs, or 70% of average, on Nov. 1, down from last year’s 1,510 cfs, while the Colorado flowed at 3,460 cfs near the Colorado-Utah stateline, or 82% of average.
