Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

1 official warning in effect: Flood Warning.

Official Warnings

Quoted in full, as issued.

Other Official Alerts, Quoted In Full

Watches, advisories and statements. Not warnings, and not counted as warnings.

• Rio Chama Below El Vado Dam, NM: flow 1,960 ft³/s · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (1,340 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 50 min ago
• Rio Grande At Embudo, NM: flow 4,210 ft³/s · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (2,250 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Rio Chama Above Abiquiu Reservoir, NM: flow 2,150 ft³/s · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (941 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Rio Ojo Caliente At La Madera, NM: flow 62.9 ft³/s · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (50.8 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Rio Chama Near La Puente, NM: flow 1,040 ft³/s · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (545 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - New Mexico: 20 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 10 h ago
• NWS active alerts: 2 entries for this county · National Weather Service · read 14 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 source answered; nothing recent here.

3 entries from NMRoads events RSS (New Mexico Department of Transportation) for this county, in its latest read.

• NMRoads events RSS: 3 entries for this county · New Mexico Department of Transportation · read 9 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

24 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

3 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coyote: AQI 21, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Coyote: AQI 21 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 2 h ago

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - New Mexico: 26 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 34 min ago
• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 2 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 entry from PNM outage map (Kubra Storm Center) (PNM) for this county, in its latest read.

• PNM outage map (Kubra Storm Center): 1 entry for this county · PNM · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

No source here for this.

Quiet

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 7:27 AM MDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 7:27 AM MDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Gulf Coast (PADD 3), week of 2026-10-19: $3.784 a gallon, down 7 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 9,542 jobs (9,370 a year earlier); $968 average weekly wage ($944 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 7:25 AM MDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 7:27 AM MDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 7:27 AM MDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 6:04 PM MDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 7:27 AM MDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 24 min ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  1 research-grade observation of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 6:04 PM MDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 9:56 AM MDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 7:27 AM MDT.

Matters Now

• Historic places in harm’s way
  Rio Grande Bridge at San Juan Pueblo (National Register, 97000738) lies inside the Flood Warning area as of 2026-10-28 11:45 UTC. National Weather Service

Quiet

• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 2 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 7:25 AM MDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  28 properties on the National Register in this county, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 7:25 AM MDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 8:00 AM MDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 10:06 AM MDT.