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
Republican River
was last observed at
998
cfs, and is expected to yield approximately
1,980
acre-ft of water today; about 43%
of normal.
River levels are low and may signify a drought.
Average streamflow for this time of year is
2,315 cfs,
with recent peaks last observed
on
2019-07-11 when daily discharge volume was observed at
45,935 cfs.
Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the
Republican R Bl Milford Dam
reporting a streamflow rate of 494 cfs.
However, the streamgauge with the highest stage along the river is the
Republican R At Clay Center
with a gauge stage of 7.03 ft.
This river is monitored from 11 different streamgauging stations along the Republican River, the highest being situated at an altitude of 2,981 ft, the
Republican River At Benkelman.
River Details
| Last Updated | 2025-12-19 |
| Discharge Volume | 1,980 ACRE-FT |
| Streamflow |
998.1 cfs
-159.8 cfs (-13.8%) |
| Percent of Normal | 43.11% |
| Maximum |
45,935.3 cfs
2019-07-11 |
| Seasonal Avg | 2,315 cfs |
River Streamflow Levels
| Streamgauge | Streamflow | Gauge Stage | 24hr Change (%) | % Normal | Minimum (cfs) | Maximum (cfs) | Air Temp | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Republican River At Benkelman
USGS 06824500 |
50 cfs | 3.62 ft | -2.52 | |||||
|
Republican River At Stratton
USGS 06828500 |
52 cfs | 6.48 ft | -3.54 | |||||
|
Republican River At Mccook Nebr
USGS 06837000 |
47 cfs | 3.72 ft | -8.14 | |||||
|
Republican River At Cambridge
USGS 06843500 |
60 cfs | 1.63 ft | 0 | |||||
|
Republican River Near Orleans
USGS 06844500 |
363 cfs | 1.99 ft | 1.4 | |||||
|
Republican River At Guide Rock
USGS 06853020 |
35 cfs | 4.37 ft | -42.74 | |||||
|
Republican R Nr Hardy
USGS 06853500 |
109 cfs | 1.71 ft | 9.44 | |||||
|
Republican R At Scandia
USGS 06854500 |
187 cfs | 1.09 ft | -23.67 | |||||
|
Republican R At Concordia
USGS 06856000 |
173 cfs | 5.02 ft | 21.83 | |||||
|
Republican R At Clay Center
USGS 06856600 |
120 cfs | 7.03 ft | -5.51 | |||||
|
Republican R Bl Milford Dam
USGS 06857100 |
494 cfs | 5.36 ft | -0.6 |
Seasonal Discharge Comparison
Maximum Streamflow Discharge
Streamflow Elevation Profile
The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, rising in the High Plains of eastern Colorado and flowing east 453 miles (729 km) through the U.S. states of Nebraska and Kansas.