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USGS 09429490 COLORADO RIVER ABOVE IMPERIAL DAM, AZ-CA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 32°53'05.77",   Longitude 114°28'05.20"   NAD83
Imperial County, California, Hydrologic Unit 15030104
Drainage area: 188,500 square miles
Contributing drainage area: 184,500 square miles,
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2016-12-27  2026-01-20  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1973-10-16  2026-01-17  22056 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1976-10-01  2026-01-19  18008 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1971-10-01  2026-01-17  28844 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2023-08-09  2026-01-17  2347 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2023-08-08  2026-01-20  3465 
    Dissolved solids, water, filtered, sum of constituents, milligrams per liter  2017-01-01  2026-01-17  3267 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1973-10-16  2025-09-07 7470 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1976-10-01  2025-11-29 17957 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1971-10-01  2025-11-13 10899 
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2023-08-09  2025-09-25 717 
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2023-08-08  2025-11-13 807 
    Dissolved solids, water, filtered, sum of constituents, milligrams per liter  2017-01-01  2024-12-10 2868 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1973-10  2025-09  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1976-10  2025-11  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1971-10  2025-11  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2023-08  2025-09  
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2023-08  2025-11  
    Dissolved solids, water, filtered, sum of constituents, milligrams per liter  2017-01  2024-12  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1974  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1977  2026  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1972  2026  
    Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter  2023  2025  
    pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units  2023  2026  
    Dissolved solids, water, filtered, sum of constituents, milligrams per liter  2017  2025  
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1964-11-05  2024-02-13  1241 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  19 
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