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Rio Pueblo de Taos in New Mexico

River23.0 mi

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Around Rio Pueblo de Taos

Taos Valley RV Park3.7 miCarson National Forest2.1 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Rio Pueblo de Taos is a 23.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio Pueblo DE Taos near Taos, NM (site 08269000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1913 to 2025

Rio Pueblo de Taos typically runs highest in May, at a median 80 cfs, and lowest in January, at 6.5 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 926 cfs, in 1979.

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Typical flow by month at Rio Pueblo DE Taos near Taos, NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January6.55.4 to 8.0
February6.85.6 to 8.7
March117.8 to 16
April3924 to 60
May8042 to 145
June3822 to 82
July169.9 to 25
August138.6 to 18
September8.96.6 to 13
October8.66.7 to 11
November8.06.6 to 9.9
December7.35.7 to 9.1

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 76 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Pueblo DE Taos near Taos, NM (site 08269000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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