See the water line

Where does FEMA's map put the San Juan River in Pagosa Springs?

--buildings reached by FEMA's modeled flood

This shows FEMA's modeled base flood, not what flooded in October and November. It does not say these buildings flooded.

Reached by modeled water--

Typical depth beside the building--

With modeled depth--

0.2 percent zone--in FEMA's 0.2 percent annual chance zone, outside the high-risk line

Modeled waterFEMA zonesFull satelliteReported bridges and museum

Buildings by depth of modeled water ResidentialOther

What if the water ran higher than the mapped level+0.0 ft

--1 ft or more beside the building

--3 ft or more beside the building

--8 ft or more beside the building

A what-if, not a model and not a forecast.

Click any building for its card.

At the gauge

Loads with the data.

Lidar is from 2018, before both floods. Footprints are from 2016 to 2023 imagery, so some of these buildings may be gone.
Residential is a FEMA class. This page holds no address, parcel or value for any building.
Depth is modeled water on the ground right beside the building, at its deepest point along the building. It is not height above the first floor.
Water bands are true scale. Building bodies are a uniform schematic 7 m. Roof tints and dots help the wide view and carry no height. Zoom in to read the bands.

Reported at bridges and the museum

Reports from the 2026 floods, not FEMA's model. The model does not show them. Click a labeled point on the map for its card.

Loads with the data.

Reported countywide, not mapped here

As reported, across the county. These are not counts of the buildings on this map.

800 structures impacted and 540 homes as of Oct 27, per a county commissioner. Reported before the Nov 1 crest. Pagosa Springs Sun, Oct 29
Upward of $90 M, per the Town Manager. Reported before the Nov 1 crest. Pagosa Springs Sun, Oct 29
Aerial surveys under way as of Nov 3. No final count found as of Nov 4. Colorado Sun, Nov 3; Town of Pagosa Springs, read Nov 4
Disaster status: state emergency declared Oct 22. On Oct 31 Colorado asked for a federal major disaster declaration for Archuleta and Rio Grande counties, storms of Oct 22 to 25, with $26.989 M in assessed public costs. No federal declaration listed as of Nov 4. FEMA Individual Assistance not approved, per the Town. Colorado Governor's Office, Oct 31; OpenFEMA, pulled Nov 4; Town of Pagosa Springs, read Nov 4

Need help? Town of Pagosa Springs flood recovery page

How this was made

Loads with the data.

Sources

Loads with the data.

San Juan River stage at the gauge, ft, provisional

Buildings by depth of modeled water ResidentialOther

Modeled water FEMA zones Full satellite Reported bridges and museum

San Juan RiverFEMA 0.2 percent zone, outside the SFHAIn the SFHA, no modeled depthDepth not reliableBuilding, schematic heightReported closedReported reopenedOther reported impact

Two federal flood models, one town