O-Score proof
Navajo Nation's Shiprock faces major San Juan River flood, second in 10 days
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of Nov 2 · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 2, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
- 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked ← this story | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Provisional: Google News (5 term variants for AP, Reuters and The Washington Post; 3 for the others) and Bing News (5 variants, outlet domain only) were both used. AP, Reuters and CBS News block direct site search, and the other 10 outlets’ site search only loads in a live browser. A single search engine can miss articles, so this score may go down on recheck.
Checked Nov 2, 2026, 3:20 PM ET · search window: 40 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" google-news:"Farmington flood" google-news:"San Juan County flooding" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 37 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: HTTP 403 (could not use) |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" google-news:"Farmington flood" google-news:"San Juan County flooding" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 29 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: HTTP 401 (could not use) |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 18 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" google-news:"Farmington flood" google-news:"San Juan County flooding" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 22 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 7 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 2 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 14 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 113 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: HTTP 406 (could not use) |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 35 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 23 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news:"Shiprock" google-news:"San Juan River flood" google-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Shiprock" bing-news:"San Juan River flood" bing-news:"Navajo Nation flood" bing-news:"Farmington flood" bing-news:"San Juan County flooding" 3 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
Own site search: search page renders by JavaScript, no static results (could not use) |
Related coverage, not counted
AP: Floodwaters swamp the Southwest, forcing evacuations and altering some Election Day voting (2026-11-02). Related only, not counted: the wider Southwest floods story leads with Pagosa Springs and Sedona. One sentence says the San Juan was still rising downstream in New Mexico with evacuations “including some Navajo communities”; it does not name Shiprock or report the major-flood forecast. AP’s site blocked us, so we checked the full text on the Yahoo News copy (saved).
The New York Times: After Months of Heavy Rain, the Southwest Faces More Weekend Storms (2026-10-31). Related only, not counted: an Oct. 31 weekend-storm preview. Shiprock appears only in a photo caption about the earlier flood; it does not report the Nov. 1 evacuations or the major-flood forecast.
AP: Still more rain, evacuations remain in place from Four Corners region flooding (2026-10-24). Related only, not counted: covers the first (Oct. 22–24) flood, not this one.
USA Today: Floodwaters hit Four Corners with rescues and Shiprock bridge closure (2026-10-24). Related only, not counted: covers the first flood at Shiprock on Oct. 24, not this one.
USA Today: ‘Catastrophic’ rain hits Southwest states, thanks to El Niño (2026-11-02). Related only, not counted: opened; covers Colorado and Arizona flooding and does not mention Shiprock or the Navajo Nation (its “Navajo” is the Navajo River in Colorado).
The Washington Post: Flash flooding triggers evacuations in Southwest and dire warning for Colorado spa town (2026-11-01). Related only, not counted: AP copy about Sedona and Pagosa Springs. AP’s original (opened Nov 2) does not mention Shiprock or the Navajo Nation.
CBS News: San Juan River in southwest Colorado could reach record high, multiple road closures in place (2026-11-01). Related only, not counted: CBS Colorado story about the San Juan upstream in Colorado (Pagosa Springs). It does not report Shiprock or the New Mexico flood warning.
CBS News: Colorado Task Force 1 activated for flooding in southwest Colorado (2026-11-02). Related only, not counted: opened Nov 2; Colorado only, with no mention of Shiprock or the Navajo Nation.
The New York Times: Flooding in Parts of Arizona and Colorado Prompts Evacuation Orders (2026-11-01). Related only, not counted: headline covers Arizona and Colorado; NYT blocked our checker, so this rests on the headline.
USA Today: New Mexico commits millions to flood recovery efforts (2026-11-02). Related only, not counted: Las Cruces Sun-News story (USA Today Network) on state recovery funding, opened in full on Nov 2. It does not mention Shiprock or the Navajo Nation.
Pickups
We published: Nov 2, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026, 1:35 PM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
| Nov 2, 2026, 2:51 PM ET | recheck | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | Held for review, not counted: The New York Times — Maps: Tracking the Remnants of Simon. Google News link only; the outlet URL could not be found to open it Held for review, not counted: NPR — We're the Idiots(NPR+) : The Best of Car Talk. Google News link only; the outlet URL could not be found to open it Held for review, not counted: NPR — Seasonal Affective Disorder is real. Here's how to get through it : Life Kit. Google News link only; the outlet URL could not be found to open it |
| Nov 2, 2026, 3:20 PM ET | update-rescore | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Shiprock”, “San Juan River flood”, “Navajo Nation flood”, “Farmington flood”, “San Juan County flooding”
Method
- bing-news site: (5 term variants per outlet)
- google-news site: tried once per outlet; partly available
- direct open of every possible match on the outlet’s site
- extra Bing News headline searches for wire copies on other outlets
- editor read of every candidate headline
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.