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<br />after the flood of 1993-seven measurements were <br />made from cableway-discharge measurements and <br />two measurements were made from cross-section <br />surveys at the cableway, which is at the gaging <br />station (fig. 17). <br />Cross sections.-Examination ofthe cross- <br />section data shows that changes to the cross sec- <br />tion were limited to a range of about 2 ft vertically <br />for the entire cableway cross section (figs. 17 and <br />18; table 1). Although the low-flow channel moves <br />across the cross section, it changes little in shape <br />and size. The cross sections for February 9, 1993, <br />and February 20, 1993, indicate that the bed be- <br />comes more irregular at higher flows. The cross <br />sections for March 4 and 31, 1993, show that the <br />channel smoothed out at lower flows. The cross <br />section for March 31, 1993, shows the channel <br />scoured after the measurement on March 4 <br />(figs. 17 and 18). The scour probably was a result <br />of prolonged low flow between 100 and 200 ft3/s <br />during the period between measurements. The <br />cross sections of 1995 and 1996 show little change <br />in cross-sectional area from the survey on <br />March 31, 1993. Since the initial cross-sectional <br />measurement on January 19, 1993, channel <br />changes range from 26 to 73 percent of the cross- <br />sectional area relative to the reference elevation. <br /> <br />PZF analysis.- The gaging station has a <br />long PZF record (fig. 19), and the stage-discharge <br />relation generally is under channel control. <br />Typically, the PZF is recorded when low-flow <br />discharge measurements are made. The number of <br />PZF measurements at this site, however, is limited <br />because frequently there is no flow during site <br />visits. The first record ofPZF is 6.0 ft on <br />December 12, 1965 (fig. 19). The PZF increased to <br />6.6 ft on April 22, 1966, and then decreased to <br />5.12 ft on August 19, 1970, before the flood of <br />record on September 5, 1970. The next measured <br />PZF after the flood of 1970 was 4.6 ft on <br />December 5,1972. After December 25,1972, the <br />PZF generally increased until it reached 8.0 ft on <br />April 3, 1984. Since 1984, the PZF slowly <br />decreased. <br /> <br />09517000 Hassayampa River near <br />Arlington, Arizona <br /> <br />The site is about 3,000 ft upstream from the <br />continuous streamflow-gaging station, <br /> <br />Hassayampa River near Arlington, and is immed- <br />iately downstream from the Southern Pacific <br />Railroad bridge (fig. I). Monumented cross sec- <br />tions emplaced and surveyed by Parker (1995) <br />were resurveyed for the current study. The site has <br />a drainage area of about 1,471 mi2 at the gaging <br />station. The river has entrenched into the sur- <br />rounding alluvial valley fill. The main flow path is <br />wide and shallow and is composed primarily of <br />sand, silt, and occasional deposits of gravel. <br />Within the main channel, there is an unvegetated <br />low-flow channel. The areas above the low-flow <br />channel, which probably represents the flood <br />plain, are covered with scattered saltcedar, palo <br />verde, and other assorted bushes and shrubs. <br />Surveyed cross sections.-Although <br />Parker (1995) originally surveyed 11 cross sec- <br />tions, only 6 of these cross sections were found <br />and resurveyed. The resurveyed cross sections are <br />cross-sections 2 and 4-8 as numbered in Parker <br />(1995; fig. 20, this report). Since 1992, the cross <br />sections generally filled with sediment (fig. 20). <br />Cross sections surveyed in 1991 (parker, 1995) <br />have been omitted from the graphs because the <br />changes from 1991 to 1992 were minor compared <br />with the large changes between the surveys of <br />1992 and 1997. Relative to the reference elevation, <br />the cross sections lost between 737 and 1,586 ft2 <br />of cross-sectional area to deposition of sediment. <br />The greatest depths of fill occurred in the deepest <br />sections of the cross sections of 1992. The channel <br />probably filled during the floods in 1993 or 1995 <br />(fig. 21). <br /> <br />09513800 New River at New River, Arizona <br /> <br />The discontinued USGS gaging station, New <br />River at New River, used in this study is 1,000 ft <br />upstream from the bridge on Interstate 17 (fig. I). <br />The New River drainage basin is bounded by the <br />New River Mountains to the north and west and <br />the New River Mesa to the south and east. The <br />drainage area at the gaging station (elevation of <br />1,800 ft) is 83.3 mi2. The channel at the gaging.station has a bedrock control on the right bank and <br />sand and gravel-size sediments in the channel and <br />overbank area. <br />Surveyed cross sections.-Three cross- <br />section measurements used for this site were from <br />indirect measurements of discharge in 1967, 1970, <br />and 1978 (fig. 22). The cross section also was <br /> <br />26 Determination of Channel Change for Selected Streams, Maricopa County, Arizona <br />