...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR IN AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE FOOTHILLS, BETWEEN 5500 AND 9000 FEET, FOR BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES ON FRIDAY... Strong west winds of 30-40 mph with gusts as high as 85 mph in the foothills of Boulder and northern Jefferson Counties will continue until early evening. Relative humidity values had dropped into the upper single digits and lower teens. Thus, the Particularly Dangerous Situation will remain in place til around 5-6 pm, with only a slow improvement thereafter as winds slowly weaken. Red Flag conditions, however, will persist through the rest of the evening as we remain in a near record warm, dry, and windy airmass along the Front Range through midnight. In fact, strong, gusty winds will persist through much of the night with only a slow improvement in humidity values. Thus, near critical Red Flag conditions will occur into early Saturday morning. While most of the Denver metro area has seen lighter winds prevail most of the day, a period of strong, gusty winds is expected to develop this evening and likely last past midnight, producing Red Flag conditions there. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 238, 240, 241, 242 and 243. * TIMING...Until midnight MST tonight. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 9 percent. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire spread. Avoid outdoor burning and any activity that may produce a spark and start a wildfire.
Total streamflow across the
Crooked River
was last observed at
1,475
cfs, and is expected to yield approximately
2,926
acre-ft of water today; about 101%
of normal.
Average streamflow for this time of year is
1,468 cfs,
with recent peaks last observed
on
2021-06-26 when daily discharge volume was observed at
12,971 cfs.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the
Crooked River Below Opal Springs
reporting a streamflow rate of 1,270 cfs.
However, the streamgauge with the highest stage along the river is the
Crooked River Near Richmond
with a gauge stage of 5.26 ft.
This river is monitored from 3 different streamgauging stations along the Crooked River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 2,195 ft, the
Crooked River Blw Osborne Canyon.
| Last Updated | 2025-12-19 |
| Discharge Volume | 2,926 ACRE-FT |
| Streamflow |
1,475.0 cfs
+6.0 cfs (+0.41%) |
| Percent of Normal | 100.51% |
| Maximum |
12,971.0 cfs
2021-06-26 |
| Seasonal Avg | 1,468 cfs |
| Streamgauge | Streamflow | Gauge Stage | 24hr Change (%) | % Normal | Minimum (cfs) | Maximum (cfs) | Air Temp | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Crooked River Blw Osborne Canyon
USGS 14087380 |
205 cfs | 2.36 ft | 3.02 | |||||
|
Crooked River Below Opal Springs
USGS 14087400 |
1270 cfs | 1.92 ft | 0 | |||||
|
Crooked River Near Richmond
USGS 06895000 |
4 cfs | 5.26 ft | 34.94 |
The Crooked River, officially designated as a creek, is an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.