USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09401260 MOENKOPI WASH AT MOENKOPI, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 36°06'18", long 111°12'04" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.3, T.31 N., R.11 E., Coconino County, AZ, Hydrologic Unit 15020018, in Hopi Indian Reservation on right bank, 100 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 264, 1.3 mi southeast of Moenkopi, 2.5 mi downstream from former gaging station 09401250, and 12.5 mi downstream from Begashibito Wash.(unsurveyed).
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,629 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR AZ-88-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1976 to current year. Records for Oct. 1973 to July 1976, at site 2.5 mi upstream, not equivalent below 1.5 ft³/s due to channel losses.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gages. Datum of gage is 4611.46 ft above NAVD of 1988
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - A discharge of 15,100 ft³/s occurred Aug. 4, 1929, at former streamflow-gaging station site 3.5 mi downstream.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, July 25, 2021 peak with a gage height of 29.71 feet and a discharge of 12,200 ft³/s. Indirect measurement could not be made before subsequent peak had major modifications on channel. Minimum daily, no flow at times each year.