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Water-level gauge LNYT2

unavailable · No observation in the latest cached source list. Retained readings below are historical; an absent gauge may have fallen below action stage or stopped reporting.

River gauge · Foster Ranch · Rio Grande · -101.755952, 29.780757. Units ft; datum not supplied.

Source checked 2026-10-17 10:35:04.703Z · current.

Stage in this gauge’s units, not a regional flood depth. Tide/lake gauges remain water levels; datum is not supplied by this feed. Historical observations and the latest forecast keep separate times.

Retained observations: 0; target 24 hours, at most 96 reports per station. Recording began 2026-10-17 06:15:05.234Z; oldest available reading none.

Observed stage and separate NWS forecast at LNYT2 (ft)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.18.30.5ft10-17 06:00Z10-22 00:00Z
Observed stage and separate NWS forecast · 0 retained observations; 0 discontinuities. Dashed: NWS forecast issued 2026-10-17 01:06:00 UTC; forecast valid times are not observations. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.

NWS forecast · current

Highest listed forecast: 16.8 ft at 2026-10-17 18:00:00 UTC; issued 2026-10-17 01:06:00 UTC. Moderate flooding.

Forecasts are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

Gauge thresholds: action 14 ft; minor 14 ft; moderate 15 ft; major 22 ft.

Forecast points (20) · issued 2026-10-17 01:06:00 UTC
Forecast valid time (UTC)Forecast Stage
2026-10-17 06:00:00 UTC13.3 ft
2026-10-17 12:00:00 UTC15.1 ft
2026-10-17 18:00:00 UTC16.8 ft
2026-10-18 00:00:00 UTC15.4 ft
2026-10-18 06:00:00 UTC13.3 ft
2026-10-18 12:00:00 UTC14 ft
2026-10-18 18:00:00 UTC14 ft
2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC12.3 ft
2026-10-19 06:00:00 UTC7.9 ft
2026-10-19 12:00:00 UTC4.8 ft
2026-10-19 18:00:00 UTC3.2 ft
2026-10-20 00:00:00 UTC2.4 ft
2026-10-20 06:00:00 UTC2.2 ft
2026-10-20 12:00:00 UTC2.2 ft
2026-10-20 18:00:00 UTC2 ft
2026-10-21 00:00:00 UTC2 ft
2026-10-21 06:00:00 UTC2 ft
2026-10-21 12:00:00 UTC2 ft
2026-10-21 18:00:00 UTC2 ft
2026-10-22 00:00:00 UTC2 ft
NWS gauge impact statements
  • 22 ft: (6.7 meters), major lowland flooding occurs above Dryden to Amistad Reservoir. Below Foster Ranch, the river is one third mile wide and covers the right flood plain to the canyon wall. Campers, autos, gear and livestock flood anywhere in the Rio Grande canyon bottom and will wash downstream. Canoeing and kayaking are extremely dangerous in the Rio Grande River above Dryden to Amistad Reservoir. Turbulent flow, huge eddies and whirlpools occur.
  • 18 ft: (5.5 meters), the flow is well into the flood plain and threatens campers, gear and autos below Dryden to Amistad Reservoir. The flow is very turbulent with eddies and whirlpools dangerous to swimmers, canoeists and kayakers from above Foster Ranch to Amistad Reservoir.
  • 15 ft: (4.6 meters), moderate lowland flooding into the right flood plain floods campsites below Dryden to Amistad Reservoir. Turbulence is very dangerous for swimmers, tubers and canoeists. Livestock are trapped in low areas of the channel and banks and potentially can drown.
  • 14 ft: (4.3 meters), minor lowland flooding into low areas of the flood plain causes no significant damage.
Observed reports as a table (0)
Observed (UTC)Stage / unitsSource category / water
No retained observations.
Capture times, quality and provenance

Each report keeps its observation time, first capture of this version, and the SHA-256 of the source bulk body. Corrections at the same observation time replace that point and are marked; unrelated bulk-file changes do not freshen a report.

    Only observed gauge records enter this history. Forecast maxima and forecast hydrograph points never become observations. A missing datum or unsupported flow value remains unknown.

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    Gauges in the latest cached source

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