About this river
Rito la Presa is a 3.3 mile stream near Los Rios River Runners in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sierra Ditch near Chacon, NM (site 07214470). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2003 to 2026
Rito la Presa typically runs highest in June, at a median 0.6 cfs, and lowest in April, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9.4 cfs, in 2010.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| April | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| May | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.2 | |
| June | 0.6 | 0.0 to 2.0 | |
| July | 0.4 | 0.0 to 1.0 | |
| August | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.8 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.5 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
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 22 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sierra Ditch near Chacon, NM (site 07214470). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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