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The Dam House at Grindstone Lake
The Dam House at Grindstone Lake

The Dam House at Grindstone Lake

The Dam House at Grindstone Lake is an SUP school and rentals in Ruidoso.

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Around The Dam House at Grindstone Lake

Midtown Mountain Campground & RV Park0.9 miCEDAR CREEK (Sam Tobias)2.6 mi10 mi

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

Typical flow by month

1999 to 2024

The water at The Dam House at Grindstone Lake typically runs highest in April, at a median 10 cfs, and lowest in January, at 1.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,430 cfs, in 2008.

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Typical flow by month at Rio Ruidoso at Ruidoso, NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1.81.1 to 4.7
February2.61.2 to 11
March8.72.4 to 21
April103.3 to 22
May5.71.6 to 13
June1.90.7 to 4.0
July2.31.3 to 6.3
August5.42.4 to 12
September4.01.9 to 10
October2.71.5 to 6.0
November2.11.2 to 4.5
December1.91.3 to 4.0

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 25 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Ruidoso at Ruidoso, NM (site 08386505). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

88Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 59°F, low 35°FRain 11%Wind 6 kt, gusts 11

Streamflow

8.2 cfs

Above normal (79th)

Water level

1.79 ft

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).