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USGS 09486500 SANTA CRUZ RIVER AT CORTARO, AZ

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Station operated in cooperation with the City of Tucson, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, and the USGS.

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This station managed by the Tucson Field Office; USGS AZ-WSC.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1990-03-03  2026-05-28
2007-10-01  2026-05-28







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Summary of all available data for this site
Instantaneous-data availability statement

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 19.5 05-28-2026   09:45 MST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 28 based on 76 water years of record more
Min
(1940)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 28		 Mean Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2003)
0.00 0 19.5 28 34 46 71.1

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.94 05-28-2026   09:45 MST
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