USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09379250 CHINLE CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR BLUFF, UTAH
LOCATION - Lat 37°11'59.7", long 109°42'38.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.28, T.41 S., R.20 E., San Juan County, UT, Hydrologic Unit 14080204, Actual location at approximately Lat 37° 11' 59.244", Long -109° 42' 38.376" on right bank. Gage house is painted with camouflage pattern and difficult to see from distance.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,100 mi². 4,100 square miles as determined from StreamStats by clicking flow-line at approximate gage location (37° 11' 59.2", -109° 42' 38.4"), .pdf output saved in station folder of the EDA.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Aug 12, 2021 to present.
GAGE - Water stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 4,214.81 ft above NAVD of 1988 from a level 3 GNSS survey conducted on August 23, 2022. A differential levels survey was conducted on October 3, 2023 to correlate gage datum with NAVD88.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 1,660 cfs, Aug 19, 2022, gage height, 15.87 ft. Zero flow several days during summer months.