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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09442000 GILA RIVER NEAR CLIFTON, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 32°57'55", long 109°18'31" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.25, T.5 S., R.29 E., Greenlee County, AZ, Hydrologic Unit 15040002, on right bank 60 ft upstream from bridge, on county road 6 mi upstream from San Francisco River, and 6 mi south of Clifton, AZ.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,010 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1059: 1911-12, 1915, 1917. WSP 1179: 1929(M), 1934(M). WSP 1283: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Nov. 1910 to July 1918 (published as "at Guthrie"), Oct. 1927 to Sept. 1989, Oct. 1989 to current year, operated as a crest-stage partial-record station, Oct. 1995 to Sept. 1996. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1313.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3,338.80 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Dec. 7, 2022, the datum of the gage was reported as 3,336.38 ft above sea level. Nov. 6, 1910, to July 11, 1918, nonrecording gage or water-stage recorder at two sites about 6 mi upstream "at Guthrie" at different datums. Mar. 1928 to June 1948 water-stage recorder at present site at datum 0.91 ft lower. June 1948 to Oct. 17, 1967, water-stage recorder at site 0.2 mi upstream at datum 3.12 ft higher. Oct. 18, 1967, to June 23, 1974, Apr. 10, 1978, to Feb. 6, 1979, at site 500 ft downstream at datum 0.44 ft higher. June 24, 1974, to Apr. 9, 1978, at present site and datum.
REMARKS - Records fair except for estimated discharge which are considered poor. Diversions for irrigation of about 14,300 acres above station. Station is below all Duncan Valley diversions.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 57,000 ft³/s, Dec. 19, 1978, gage height, 23.80 ft, from rating curve extended above 28,000 ft³/s; minimum daily, 3.7 ft³/s, July 27, 1987.