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Flooded Albizia Saman (rain tree) in the Mekong

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The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs peaked at 16.81 feet

Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Demonstration. Figures are taken from the sources below. This is not the live 6:12 AM wire.

The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs peaked at 16.81 feet. Road closures were still in effect.

Monday, 2 November 2026 · Updated from reporting dated 2 Nov 2026

What happenedEvacuations and road closures continued in southwest Colorado on Monday as flooding peaked, the Denver Post reported. The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs reached 16.81 feet on Sunday night and was then expected to recede, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as cited by the Post.
WhoRiver reading, Federal response
WherePagosa Springs, ColoradoColorado
Numbers
  • 16.81 Feet. San Juan River at Pagosa Springs, Sunday night peak. NOAA, via the Denver Post, 2 Nov. (NOAA, via the Denver Post, 2 Nov 2026)
  • $65M Highways. Estimated damage to three Colorado highways. Denver Post, 28 Oct. Not a Monday update. (Denver Post, 28 Oct 2026)
  • $6.5M Roads. Emergency road repair approved by the Federal Highway Administration. Denver Post, 31 Oct. (Denver Post, 31 Oct 2026)
  • $27M Requested. Federal aid Gov. Jared Polis requested. Denver Post, 31 Oct. Approval was not in that item. (Denver Post, 31 Oct 2026)
Each side

These are not opposing arguments. One is the latest river reading. The other is an earlier aid request. A federal reply was not in the items used here.

River reading

The San Juan River in Pagosa Springs peaked at 16.81 feet Sunday night and is expected to recede, according to NOAA, the Denver Post reported on 2 November.

Federal response

No statement from the Trump administration or FEMA on the aid request was in the Denver Post items used for this filing.

Still missing
  • Whether 16.81 feet is a record. An earlier Post headline said the river was on track to crest at a record. The 2 November item states the peak and the expected drop. It does not confirm a record.
  • How many people were still evacuated on Monday.
  • Whether the request for nearly $27 million has been approved.
  • An updated count of damaged homes. On 29 October the Post reported more than 500 homes damaged and 50 people rescued. The Monday item did not revise those figures.
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