Around here
Around Rio San Jose
Temperature from a 1980 federal survey. The record says nothing about access, ownership or current conditions.
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)
About this river
Rio San Jose is a 42.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio San Jose at Acoma Pueblo, NM (site 08343500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1937 to 2023
Rio San Jose typically runs highest in August, at a median 5.0 cfs, and lowest in May, at 4.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 538 cfs, in 1957.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9 | 3.8 to 5.5 |
| February | 5.0 | 4.1 to 5.9 |
| March | 4.9 | 4.0 to 5.7 |
| April | 4.9 | 4.0 to 5.4 |
| May | 4.7 | 3.7 to 5.4 |
| June | 4.9 | 3.9 to 5.7 |
| July | 4.9 | 4.2 to 5.8 |
| August | 5.0 | 4.1 to 6.4 |
| September | 4.9 | 3.8 to 5.7 |
| October | 4.9 | 4.0 to 5.5 |
| November | 4.9 | 4.0 to 5.7 |
| December | 4.9 | 3.9 to 5.4 |
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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio San Jose at Acoma Pueblo, NM (site 08343500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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