Photos: Water no long flowing along the San Pedro River outside Sierra Vista
Water has stopped flowing in the San Pedro River, leaving small, isolated pools and the wildlife trying to hang on, July 8, 2026, Sierra Vista, Ariz.
A small pool holds on in the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro River just south of Charleston Road, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026. Isolated puddles and pools are the only water in the river which has stopped flowing.
Western pygmy blue butterflies flit around a rock which would usually be underwater in the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
A tiny trickle of water drains one small isolated pool into another in the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
A crawdad pokes out a crevice in one of the small puddles of water still scattered through the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026. Wildlife is clustered in these oases, hanging on for now.
A dead carp floats in an isolated pool, choked with dead cottonwood leaves and some trash, in the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
One of the larger puddles still holding water in the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
A small crawdad lumbers into the small puddle where dozens of other crawdads are taking refuge in the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
Reeds with drying pods dangle over one of the solitary River, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
A narrow strip of water still in the mostly dry river bed of the San Pedro River, just south of the Charleston Road bridges, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
A cottonwood leaf is dotted with a few drops from the brief light rain that did little to alleviate the cracked mud in the bed of the San Pedro River, Sierra Vista, Ariz., July 8, 2026.
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