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Weather Forecast Office Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center

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Reliability of the Forecast: Based on current and forecast river, weather and reservoir conditions NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Uncompahgre River at Colona. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 14 Moderate Flood Stage: 12.5 Flood Stage: 9.5 Action Stage: 8.8 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 6.83 ft on 06/18/2015 (2) 6.61 ft on 06/11/2016 (3) 6.46 ft on 06/18/2017 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 5.80 ft on 05/01/2022 (2) 5.17 ft on 06/05/2021 (3) 5.31 ft on 06/01/2020 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

Zoom Level:15 Legend FEMA Layer Gauge Location Disclaimer Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.

Flood Impacts & Photos

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18	Water is overflowing the buckhorn road bridge and floods pasture lands and ranch buildings within 400 feet of the right riverbank. Water flows over properties within 150 feet of the left riverbank.
14	Buckhorn road east of the bridge over the Uncompahgre River is flooding. River water covers portions of the pasture and ranch land with in 200 feet of the right bank of the Uncompahgre River and reaches nearby houses and farm buildings. Flood waters reach properties to the southeast of the Buckhorn road bridge.
12.5	Flood waters are approaching Buckhorn Road east of the bridge over the Uncompahgre River and the house and farm buildings along the right bank near the bridge.
10.8	Water is inundating outbuildings and covers large portions of the pasture and corral along the right bank.
9.5	Minor flooding is occuring. The Uncompahgre River is approaching outbuildings and inundating pasture and farm land.
8.8	The Uncompahgre River starts to inundate low-lying pasture land adjacent to the river banks.
8.5	The Uncompahgre river reaches bankfull. Some minor flooding is occurring in low-lying marshes adjacent to the river banks.
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About This Location

Latitude: 38.331431° N, Longitude: 107.779225° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 9.5 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps Vertical Datum Elevation (gauge height = 0) Elevation (gauge height = flood stage) Elevation information source NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps NGVD 29 6320 ft 6329.5 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other 6318.8 ft 6324.3 ft   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Colona

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