HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 09480000 SANTA CRUZ RIVER NEAR LOCHIEL, ARIZ.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 82.2 sq.mi.                            Datum is 4620.00 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 15050301 at Latitude: 31:21:19N  Longitude: 110:35:20W
Station is in the state of AZ (county code 023) and serviced by the AZ office.
Channel slope is 42.20 feet/mile
Stream length is 12.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 5150.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.20%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 31.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 2.29 inches
Annual precipitation is 18.20 inches
Precipitation intensity is 1.90 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 27.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Unusual basin in that it has no electricity.


Daily and longer averages for 39 water years are acceptable (all years except partial years).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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