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Water-Year Summary for Site 09519800

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09519800 GILA RIVER BELOW PAINTED ROCK DAM, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 33°04'30", long 113°00'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 sec.18, T.4 S., R.7 W., Maricopa County, AZ, Hydrologic Unit 15070201, on left bank 0.3 mi downstream from Painted Rock Dam and 19 mi northeast of Sentinel.
DRAINAGE AREA - 50,910 mi², approximately.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Oct. 1959 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 518.69 ft above sea level (levels by Army Corps of Engineers). Auxiliary gage at site 0.3 mi upstream: May 5, 1969, to Mar. 30, 1973, at datum 2.87 ft higher; Feb. 8, 1979 to Jan. 21, 1993, at same datum.
REMARKS - Records good. Many diversions above station for irrigation. Flow above station regulated by many reservoirs, the largest of which is Painted Rock Reservoir-capacity, 2,492,000 acre-ft. (See REMARKS for sta 09518000, Gila River above diversions, at Gillespie Dam.)
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 32,000 ft³/s, Feb. 26, 1993, before dike broke, gage height, 16.79 ft; no flow for many days in most years.