USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09525000 YUMA MAIN CANAL WASTEWAY AT YUMA, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 32°44'00", long 114°37'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.26, T.16 S., R.22 E., Imperial County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 15030107, 45 ft. downstream from wasteway gates which are 1,645 ft. upstream from intake of Colorado River Siphon on Yuma Main Canal, 0.5 mi. North of Yuma, and 3.2 mi. downstream from Siphon-Drop Power Plant on Yuma Main canal.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1913 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1313.
GAGE - Water stage and gate position recorders. Datum of gage is 120.00 ft above sea level (NGVD-29). Water stage recorder for low flows only prior to Jan. 29, 1988. Prior to Apr. 1, 1968, gate opening record used for low flows only.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum daily discharge 2020 ft³/s, December 24, 25, 1948; no flow for several days in 1937-39, 1945, 1950, 1971, 1997, and 1999.