What officials are describing as " extreme flooding conditions " in the southern Colorado town of Pagosa Springs have closed Highway 160 going into the town. Only local traffic is allowed out after mandatory evacuations were ordered late Saturday night.

The Archuleta County Sheriff's Office said County Road 500 will be closed to through traffic from mile marker 11 to Pagosa Junction at mile marker 26. "No traffic will be allowed back into the affected area once it has departed," the sheriff's office wrote just before midnight.

A fire truck blocks traffic near Pagosa Springs on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, due to extreme flooding of the San Juan River. Town of Pagosa Springs

Pagosa Springs' mayor and town council issued a local emergency declaration that will be in effect for seven day

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