Kayakers on the San Juan River yesterday afternoon when the river was at about 10.5 feet.
Sunday – 12 Oct 2025 – 4:15pm
Priscilla was a horrible dinner guest! She has been sent home and will never be invited back again. In addition, we are banning all rain dances for the foreseeable future. Unfortunately, TS Raymond is still going to visit. Shawn will have a full weather forecast post out around 5:00pm.
Our thoughts are with those who had to evacuate their homes due to flooding of the San Juan River in the last few days. We know this storm has done a lot of damage to homes and businesses including The Springs Resort, our storm sponsor. In addition, the flood caused damage to infrastructure including roads and water utilities. It came close to impacting power as well.
We are proud to be Pagosans as we witnessed the community come together to take care of each other and those in harm’s way. I know we will continue to do that till everyone and everything is whole again.
For the latest updates we recommend following Archuleta County, CO Sheriff’s Office on Facebook and The Pagosa Springs SUN newspaper on Facebook. Both of those organizations will have the latest updates posted.
This post is a wrap up of Tropical Storm Priscilla and how she impacted the area as she moved through the Pagosa Springs area.
TS Priscilla Movement
Satellite Image Oct 6th 2025, 4:00pm.
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River Data
Historic Crests of San Juan River in Pagosa Springs
| 1. | 17.80 ft | on 10-05-1911 | Tropical Storm |
| 2. | 13.50 ft | on 06-29-1927 | Early Tropical Storm? |
| 3. | 12.66 ft | *** on 10-11-2025 *** | Tropical Storm Priscilla |
| 4. | 10.22 ft | on 06-09-2019 | Spring runoff |
| 5. | 9.55 ft | on 05-17-2023 | Spring runoff |
| 6. | 9.02 ft | on 09-06-1970 | Tropical Storm |
There is a new #3!!! Note: Three of the five highest crest years were in the last six years. This data is from the USGS website: https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/pspc2
Again, we are proud to be Pagosans as we witnessed the community come together to take care of each other and those in harm’s way. I know we will continue to do that till everyone and everything is whole again.
For information on the damage caused by the flood to date and the latest updates we recommend following Archuleta County, CO Sheriff’s Office on Facebook and The Pagosa Springs SUN newspaper on Facebook. Both of those organizations will have the latest updates posted.
Finally, we are very thankful to The Springs Resort for being our Storm Sponsor. Our thoughts are with them as we know that a lot of that beautiful resort was damaged by the flood.
Shawn will have a full weather forecast post out around 5:00pm.
– Arleen
