2025-12-20T00:00:00-07:00
...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.
Summary
Total streamflow across the
Mora River
was last observed at
29
cfs, and is expected to yield approximately
58
acre-ft of water today; about 246%
of normal.
River levels are high.
Average streamflow for this time of year is
12 cfs,
with recent peaks last observed
on
2025-05-07 when daily discharge volume was observed at
1,001 cfs.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the
Mora River Near Golondrinas
reporting a streamflow rate of 16.9 cfs.
However, the streamgauge with the highest stage along the river is the
Mora River At La Cueva
with a gauge stage of 5.11 ft.
This river is monitored from 2 different streamgauging stations along the Mora River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 7,025 ft, the
Mora River At La Cueva.
River Details
| Last Updated | 2025-12-19 |
| Discharge Volume | 58 ACRE-FT |
| Streamflow |
29.1 cfs
-2.4 cfs (-7.62%) |
| Percent of Normal | 245.57% |
| Maximum |
1,001.0 cfs
2025-05-07 |
| Seasonal Avg | 12 cfs |
River Streamflow Levels
| Streamgauge | Streamflow | Gauge Stage | 24hr Change (%) | % Normal | Minimum (cfs) | Maximum (cfs) | Air Temp | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mora River At La Cueva
USGS 07215500 |
12 cfs | 5.11 ft | -6.15 | |||||
|
Mora River Near Golondrinas
USGS 07216500 |
17 cfs | 1.44 ft | -8.65 |
Seasonal Discharge Comparison
Maximum Streamflow Discharge
Streamflow Elevation Profile
Mora River, also known as Rio Mora, is a stream in Mora and San Miguel County, New Mexico. Its headwaters are on Osha Mountain of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The river flows downstream primarily through private land, but there are areas for fishing brown and rainbow trout below on public land in the town of Mora. It is a tributary of Canadian River. It was called Rio Mora or Rio de lo de Mora on early maps. There is a separate stream Rio Mora that is a tributary of Pecos River.
Headwaters To Confluence With Rio Grande Del Rancho