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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Biological Water-quality 1976-06-14 1979-07-17
Information Water-quality 1965-08-11 2019-06-26
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1976-01-20 2019-06-26
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-01-20 2019-06-26
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1976-01-20 2019-06-26
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1976-01-20 2019-06-26
Microbiological Water-quality 1976-02-20 2019-06-26
Nutrient Water-quality 1976-01-20 2019-06-26
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1976-06-14 1976-06-14
Organics, other Water-quality 1976-02-20 2002-08-22
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1976-06-14 1976-06-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1920-10-01 2024-11-21
Population/Community Water-quality 1976-06-14 1979-07-17
Radiochemistry Water-quality 1981-02-09 1998-09-29
Sediment Daily Values, Water-quality 1965-02-01 2019-06-26
n/a Peak Measurements 1914-08-21 2024-04-03
n/a Site Visits 1974-07-20 2024-11-06
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 09448500 is associated with a Stream in Graham County, Arizona. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1914 are available online.

To convert gage height to stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, add 3,096.66 feet to gage height.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
09448500 n/a
Site name
GILA RIVER AT HEAD OF SAFFORD VALLEY, NR SOLOMON, n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 325257.80 n/a
DMS longitude 1092846.58 n/a
Decimal latitude 32.8827222 n/a
Decimal longitude -109.4796056 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Arizona 04
State
Arizona 04
County
Graham County 009
Country US n/a
Land net location description SWSENES28 T06S R28E G n/a
Name of location map GILA BOX, AZ n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 3096.66 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .18 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
15040005
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Stream channel
C
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
7856.78 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area 7856.78 square miles n/a
Time Zone abbreviation MST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
N n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NYNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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