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Marina Del Sur

Rio Grande near Marina Del Sur

River44.7 mi
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About this river

Rio Grande is a 44.7 mile river near Marina Del Sur in New Mexico. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Rio Grande at Narrows IN Elephant Butte Res., NM (site 08359500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 9. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1951 to 2025

Rio Grande typically runs highest in May, at a median 613 cfs, and lowest in September, at 84 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,060 cfs, in 1957.

Typical flow by month at Rio Grande at Narrows IN Elephant Butte Res., NM, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January514437 to 640
February578482 to 703
March483305 to 753
April275139 to 617
May613137 to 2,530
June18068 to 2,480
July14035 to 705
August21493 to 646
September8441 to 184
October10529 to 244
November28661 to 845
December585350 to 856

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 19 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Rio Grande at Narrows IN Elephant Butte Res., NM (site 08359500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

5 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Rio Grande, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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