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Water-Year Summary for Site 09503300

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09503300 GRANITE CREEK BELOW WATSON LAKE NEAR PRESCOTT, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 34°36'49", long 112°25'02" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.12, T.14 N., R.2 W., Yavapai County, AZ, Hydrologic Unit 15060202, 150 ft downstream of bridge on the U.S. Highway ALT 89, 6 mi north of Prescott, and 10 mi south of Chino Valley.
DRAINAGE AREA - 47.2 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Sept. 1999 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 5,020 ft above sea level, from topographic map.
REMARKS - Records fair. Flow is partially regulated by Goldwater Reservoirs (2) on Bannon Creek and by Willow Creek and Watson Reservoirs. No diversion above station 09503000 (telecom with City Engineer 2/96). There is a diversion gate and canal at the gage, which conveys up to several ft³/s during the growing season.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 2,180 ft³/s, Jan. 11, 2005, gage height 7.94 ft; No flow for many days during the period of record.