USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09498500 SALT RIVER NEAR ROOSEVELT, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 33°37'10", long 110°55'15" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.09, T.3 N., R.14 E., Gila County, AZ, Hydrologic Unit 15060103, (unsurveyed), in Tonto National Forest on left bank 100 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 288, 0.3 mi downstream from Pinal Creek, 1 mi upstream from diversion dam for power canal, 14 mi east of village of Roosevelt, and 17 mi upstream from Roosevelt Dam.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,306 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1049: 1914, 1916, 1918-19, 1926. WSP 1343: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Jan. 1913 to current year (monthly discharge only Jan. to Sept. 1913, published in WSP 1313).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,177.14 ft above sea level. Prior to 1925, nonrecording gage at diversion dam about 1 mi downstream at different datum. Nonrecording gage at present site and datum 1925 to Jan. 17, 1935. May 20, 1955, to July 30, 1959, supplementary water-stage recorder at diversion dam.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - A discharge of about 42 ft³/s was reported Aug. 5, 1911.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 143,000 ft³/s, Jan. 8, 1993, gage height, 30.09 ft, from rating curve extended above 108,000 ft³/s; minimum discharge, 59 ft³/s all or part of each day, July 1-4, 7-12, 1955.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Apr. 1958 to Sept. 1965 and Jan. 1976 to current year.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Dec. 1996 to Jan. 1998.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Apr. 1958 to Sept. 1965 and Dec. 1996 to Jan. 1998.