Current live coverage: Durango & La Plata County. Volunteer and relief resources also serve the wider region.
Independent public resource. Not an emergency service. No account needed.
Información esencial en español ↓Do not walk or drive through floodwater. Follow county evacuation and shelter-in-place instructions.
Times are Mountain Time. Check each source’s date; recently retrieved information may still be old.
Follow your latest direct LPC Alert or instructions from emergency personnel. If county sources differ, call the county for clarification.
Scroll within the box for all county notices.
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Trapped, injured, or facing rising water? Call 911 now. Do not submit a community report to request rescue.
Call 911 ↗Ask the county call center about current orders, shelter availability, pets, accessibility or evacuation assistance.
Call 970-385-8700 ↗Connect with 211 Colorado for recovery resources and temporary housing assistance. Hours and eligibility vary.
Call 211 ↗Calling from outside Colorado? 866-760-6489 ↗Text your ZIP to 898-211 ↗Recovery resources online ↗Crisis Cleanup connects households with volunteer cleanup organizations. Service is not guaranteed; this is not emergency rescue.
Call 970-283-7325 ↗Current relief coordination ↗Reference locations only. Confirm current opening and availability with the county before traveling. Do not travel against local instructions.
Open the provider for current status. Durango city notices do not cover every county water system.
En una emergencia, llame al 911. Para instrucciones de evacuación y refugios en el condado de La Plata, llame al 970-385-8700. Para ayuda de recuperación, llame al 866-760-6489. No camine ni conduzca por el agua de una inundación. Este sitio no envía ayuda de emergencia.
People and pets first. Bring medications, phone and charger, essential documents, warm clothing, water, and pet supplies if you can do so safely. Do not delay an evacuation to gather belongings. Follow county instructions.
Ready.gov flood guidance ↗County evacuation zones, not flood extent or safe routes. GO: evacuate now · SET: prepare to leave. Check county instructions for your exact location.
Save data with the official zone list, or load the map to explore.
The Community Foundation’s Community Emergency Relief Fund supports organizations responding across Southwest Colorado.
CERF General Fund is regional relief, not a Durango-only fund or direct payment program.
Community Emergency Relief Fund ↗Send this resource to a neighbor. Share official instructions, include a date, and check a claim before passing it on.
Never go closer to floodwater to take a photo or make a report.
Choose an area for forecasts and map center. Alerts may apply to different parts of La Plata County; read each affected area.
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One gauge cannot describe conditions across the county. Readings are provisional. Lower water here does not mean it is safe elsewhere.
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Load only what you need. Radar shows precipitation; satellite shows clouds. Neither shows a safe route or the extent of flooding.
Radar reflectivity, not rainfall totals or flood depth. Terrain can block coverage. No returns do not establish dry or safe conditions.
CIRA / NOAA GOES GeoColor · Informational cloud imagery, not operational flood detection. Image file-update time differs from acquisition time printed on the image.
Open NOAA’s full satellite animation ↗Listen to local news and programming. This is not a continuous emergency channel. Press play to connect; streaming uses mobile data.
Listen on KSUT’s website ↗A NOAA weather-radio receiver can tune to 162.425 MHz · KWN54 Durango. Reception and transmitter availability can vary.
La Plata County SAME code: 008067. A phone or normal FM receiver does not receive this NOAA frequency.
Official NOAA radio station information ↗Weather imagery metadata refreshes every 4 minutes while its panel is open. These are context views; follow county instructions and NWS alerts.
These links open the original sources. Social media may require sign-in; this is not a complete live social feed.
Emergency announcements · Facebook
Public safety updates · Facebook
Regional weather alerts & briefings
Local reporting & flood photographs
City services, utilities & local notices
Southwest Colorado flood reporting
Photos document a past moment, not current safety. Submissions require review before publication and expire 24 hours after observation.
Only reviewed submissions appear here. For published flood photographs, visit the original local news sources above.
Independent community project. Live data currently covers La Plata County; this is not a regionwide emergency operations system. Not affiliated with the county or emergency services.
Official feeds: La Plata County emergency webpage and GIS, National Weather Service, NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Data refreshes every 2 minutes while this page is visible and when you return or reconnect. Radar and satellite metadata refresh every 4 minutes only while open. The site does not send notifications when closed; use LPC Alerts for that. Upstream information can be delayed. County webpages may not provide a publication time.
No advertising or analytics trackers. Maps request tiles from OpenStreetMap, which receives your IP address. Loading weather imagery or audio also connects your browser to NOAA or the radio-stream provider. Official source links take you to other organizations with their own privacy policies.
Community submissions are queued for review, not delivered to emergency services. Do not include names, contact information, medical details or exact residential addresses. Approximate coordinates and approved photos may become public. New photos are re-encoded before upload to remove EXIF metadata. A deletion receipt lets you remove your submission without an account. Public reports expire 24 hours after observation. Submitted content can remain in storage until the operator removes it; automated deletion is not active.
Technical outage? Use the direct county links and phone numbers above. Questions about an official instruction belong with the issuing authority.
