![]() ![]() The river will then subside through Tuesday afternoon before beginning to rise again next Wednesday and Thursday. ![]() The river is rising and is expected to crest just over 11.0 feet early Saturday morning - well below the flood and action stages. Downstream from the junction of the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers, the Colorado River near the Colorado-Utah state line was measured at 10.31 feet on Thursday afternoon. ![]() The Gunnison River is considerably larger than those smaller creeks and streams and able to handle more water. At this point, the Gunnison River at Delta is not expected to flood even though several of its tributaries are flooding from Delta to Montrose. The river is expected to rise to just shy of 7.5 feet on Friday before beginning to subside. That’s well below both the action stage and the flood stage. Upstream, the Gunnison River at Delta was measured at 6.60 feet on Thursday afternoon. ![]() It will subside further through Tuesday morning before rising toward its action stage again late next week. The river is expected to subside to below 10 feet on Saturday morning. That’s below the river’s flood stage, but it’s above the action stage where minor flooding begins to occur along the left bank of the river upstream from the Highway 141 bridge and especially around the gravel quarry.
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