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Evacuations Lifted- Portions of South Fork · Civil Emergency · Archuleta County · 1h ago

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Resolved Oct 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM. Kept for reference.
HighFloodNWS Grand Junction CO

Flood Warning

Archuleta County · Started Oct 23, 2026 at 7:43 AM · Updated 3d ago

Archuleta Countyarea
Oct 23, 2026, 7:43 AMeffective
Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 AMexpires
NWS Grand Junction COsource
Warned area as issued by the National Weather Service

Full advisory

WHAT
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues.
WHERE
Western Archuleta County in southwestern Colorado... Southern Hinsdale County in southwestern Colorado... Southern La Plata County in southwestern Colorado...
WHEN
Until 1000 AM MDT.
IMPACTS
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
- At 743 AM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain. Flooding is ongoing in the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Bear Creek, Red Creek, South Fork Lightner Creek, First Fork Red Creek, Mud Spring Creek, Johnny Pond Arroyo, Spring Creek, Cherry Creek, Salt Creek, Lake Creek, West Fork Shearer Creek, Dry Creek, Vallecito Creek, Tirbircio Creek, Castle Creek, Taylor Creek, True Creek, Animas River, First Fork Piedra River, Falls Creek, Wheeler Arroyo, San Juan Arroyo, Deadwood Creek, Little Bear Creek, Junction Creek, Grimes Creek, Shearer Creek, East Creek, Fall Creek, Basin Creek, North Fork Texas Creek, Lightner Creek, McDermott Arroyo, Pinos River, Los, Weasel Skin Creek, Plata River, La, South Fork Texas Creek, Long Hollow, Hay Gulch, Beaver Creek, Florida River and D Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Durango, La Plata, Falfa, Hesperus, Bondad, Breen, Mayday, Kline, Marvel, Redmesa and Vallecito. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood