COLORADO RIVER AT NIB, ABOVE MORELOS DAM, AZ
USGS 09522000 · Arizona · reports discharge (daily means)
USGS 09522000 · Arizona · reports discharge (daily means)
No current reading. USGS answered but returned no recent value for this gauge (ice, maintenance or a seasonal gauge).
USGS publishes this gauge's flow once a day; the daily values did not answer just now.
Map of USGS gauge 09522000 and the river around it
Where COLORADO RIVER AT NIB, ABOVE MORELOS DAM, AZ sits, with 5 other gauges on the same river.
From USGS 09522005 (COLORADO RIVER BELOW COOPER WASTEWAY NEAR YUMA, AZ), on the same river 0.49 miles away; this gauge does not measure water temperature.
Over 67°F: avoid fishing for trout. Water 70.2°F now; the highest in the last 24 hours was 71.1°F. Arizona Game and Fish: “Avoid fishing when water temperatures are above 67 degrees.” “If the water temperature is above 67 degrees … it is best to fish elsewhere with cooler water temperatures or switch to fishing for a warmwater species.”
AZGFD Fishing Report – June 2025 (24 June 2025) (Arizona Game and Fish Department)Species list not on file for this gauge. Check the Arizona Game and Fish Department: Arizona fish stocking schedule · Arizona fishing licenses and regulations.
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.
Checked Nov 6, 3:15 AM UTC; 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.