USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
09535900 QUITOBAQUITO SPRING NEAR LUKEVILLE, AZ
LOCATION - Lat 31°56'37", long 113°01'10" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.18, T.17 S., R.7 W., Pima County, AZ, Hydrologic Unit 15080102, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, in spring outlet channel 5 ft downstream from first source, 450 ft downstream from second source, and 12.8 miles northwest of Lukeville, AZ.
DRAINAGE AREA - None.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
Sep. 1917: one discharge measurement published in WSP 499.
Oct. 1981 to Sep. 1992; Dec. 1981 to Aug. 1982 (QW); Jan. 2020 to current year.
GAGE - A Sutron non-contact pressure sensor is connected to a Sutron Satlink 3 High Data Rate Data Collection Platform (DCP) which is powered by a standard 12 volt battery charged by a 20 watt solar panel. Instrumentation is housed in a 2 ft diameter in ground concrete shelter. Solar panel, GOES antenna, GPS and tipping bucket rain gage are atop an 8 ft, 2-inch galvanized pipe mast about 20 ft north of concrete shelter. A USGS staff is affixed to the side wall of the flume for stage readings.