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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09497500 SALT RIVER NEAR CHRYSOTILE, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 33°47'53", long 110°29'57" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in sec.25, T.5 N., R.17 E., Gila County, AZ, Hydrologic Unit 15060103, in San Carlos Indian Reservation, on left bank 1,200 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 60, 5.7 mi northeast of Chrysotile, 8 mi upstream from Cibecue Creek, and 33 mi downstream from confluence of Black and White Rivers.(unsurveyed).
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,849 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 859: 1926-27, 1929-30, 1934, 1936. WSP 899: 1927, 1932, 1937, 1938(M). WSP 1313: 1925-26(M), 1929-30(M), 1935-36(M), 1944(M). WSP 1343: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Sept. 1924 to current year (monthly discharge only July to Dec. 1954).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3,354.57 ft above sea level.
REMARKS - Records good. Several diversions for irrigation above station of about 3,100 acres, one diversion into the basin (see record of Forestdale Creek diversion from Show Low Creek, near Show Low), and one diversion out of the basin (see record of Willow Creek diversion from Black River, near Morenci).
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood peak of 74,000 ft³/s occurred prior to 1924 and is believed to be the peak of the flood of Jan. 19, 1916, gage height, 18 ft, from floodmarks, from rating curve extended above 52,000 ft³/s.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 76,600 ft³/s, Jan. 8, 1993, gage height, 18.33 ft, from rating curve extended above 52,000 ft³/s; minimum, 49 ft³/s, July 6, 7, 1955.
