RIO CHAMA ABOVE CHAMA, NM
USGS 08281400 · New Mexico · reports discharge (live), gauge height
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USGS 08281400 · New Mexico · reports discharge (live), gauge height
No current reading. USGS answered but returned no recent value for this gauge (ice, maintenance or a seasonal gauge).
Map of USGS gauge 08281400 and the river around it
Where RIO CHAMA ABOVE CHAMA, NM sits, with 2 other gauges on the same river and our water's map point.
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish publishes no water-temperature line for trout anglers that we found. The lines below are the National Park Service's, federal guidance, not a New Mexico rule: 68°F.
This gauge is on our page for Rio Chama, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
The National Weather Service has no flood-stage gauge here, so no official flood category is shown.
This gauge is on Rio Chama: regulations, guides and shops
Checked Nov 5, 9:00 PM MST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.