USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09430500 GILA RIVER NEAR GILA, NM
LOCATION - Lat 33°03'41.41", long 108°32'14.59" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Grant County, NM, Hydrologic Unit 15040001, on left bank at Hooker damsite, 1.8 mi upstream from Mogollon Creek, 7.0 mi northeast of Gila, and at mile 572.5.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,864 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1283: drainage area. WSP 1313: 1944(M), 1949(M). WDR NM-78-1: 1977.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April to December 1914, December 1927 to current year. Monthly discharge only, December 1927 to September 1930, published in WSP 1313.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder with satellite telemetry and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 4,654.8 ft above NGVD of 1929, from river-profile survey. Prior to Dec. 31, 1928, at site 5 mi upstream at different datum. Dec. 31, 1928, to Jan. 7, 1942, at site 200 ft upstream at datum 1.00 ft higher. Prior to Feb. 28, 1994, at current site at datum 1.00 ft higher.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Other major floods occurred in Nov. 1905, Dec. 1906, and Jan. 1916.