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<br /> FLOODS OF SEPT.
<br />(114) 09508500. Verde Riv
<br />Location. --Lat 34004'23", Ion
<br />Yavapai County. in Tanto N
<br />from Tangle Creek and 9 m
<br />Drainage area. --5, 872 mi2 (1
<br />Playa, a closed basin.
<br />Gap;e-heip;ht record. --Water-
<br />record reconstructed from
<br />gage is 2,029.0 ft (618. 44
<br />Discharge record. --Stage~dis
<br />below 42,000 ft3/s (1,200
<br />Maxima. --Sept. 4-11, 1970:
<br />(gage height, 18.85 ft or 5.
<br />1925 to August 1970: D;
<br />height, 19.0 ft or 5.79 m,
<br /> Mean disc
<br />Day Discharge
<br />Sept. 4 194
<br /> 5 5,420
<br /> 6 26,600
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<br />1970 IN ARIZ., UTAH, COLO., AND N. MEX.
<br />
<br />er below Tangle Creek, above Horseshoe Dam, Ariz.
<br />
<br />g 111042'56", in sec. 35, T.9 N., It. 6 E. (unsurveyed),
<br />ational Forest, on right bank 1. 3 roi (2. 1 km) downstream
<br />i (14 km) upstream from Horseshoe Dam.
<br />5,208 km2), includes 373 roi2 (966 m2) in Aubrey Valley
<br />
<br />stage recorder graph except for Sept. 8-10. Gage-height
<br />normal recession and adjoining good record. Datum of
<br />m) above mean sea level.
<br />
<br />charge relation defined by current-meter measurements
<br />m3/s) and extended above by logarithmic plotting.
<br />
<br />Discharge, 61,900 it3/s (l, 750 m3/s) 0300 hours Sept. 6
<br />745 m, in gage well).
<br />scharge, IDO, 000 ft3/s (2,830 m3/s) Mar. 3, 1938 (gage
<br />from noodmarks).
<br />
<br />1970
<br />Day
<br />Sept. 10
<br />11
<br />
<br />harge, in cubic feet per second,
<br />Day Discharge
<br />Sept. 7 3,020
<br />8 1,300
<br />9 800
<br />
<br />Discharge
<br />615
<br />493
<br />
<br />Gage height in feet and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1970
<br />
<br />Hour Gage Discharge Hour Gage Discharge Hour Gage Discharge
<br /> height height height
<br />Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Con. Sept. 7
<br />2400 2.12 194 2300 14,35 22,000 0500 7.75 3,750
<br />Sept. 5 2400 15.40 30,000 1100 6.85 2,880
<br />0500 2.12 194 Sept, 6 1700 6.17 2,340
<br />0630 3.60 700 0100 17.20 46,400 2000 5.85 2, 100
<br />0800 4. 90 1,440 0300 18.85 61. 900 2400 5.40 1,780
<br />1100 3.92 860 0630 17.42 48,200 Sept, 8
<br />1400 5.45 1,820 0900 15.50 30,900 1200 4.60 1,250
<br />1600 7. 30 3,300 1100 14.25 21,400 2400 4.10 936
<br />1630 10.90 8,750 1700 11.62 10,600
<br />1930 11.70 10,800 2200 9.65 6,120
<br />2100 13.00 14,800 2400 9.03 5,220
<br />
<br />(115) 09509500. Reservoir system on Verde niver
<br />at and below Horseshoe Dam, Ariz.
<br />
<br />Location. --This system comprises two storage reservoirs created by Horseshoe and
<br />Bartlett Dams on Verde River. Gages on Horseshoe ReservOir, formed by Horseshoe
<br />Dam lat 33059'05". long 111042'35", in sec. 2, T. 7 N., R.6 E. (unsurveyed); and
<br />Bartiett Reservoir, formed by Bartlett Dam, lat 33049'05lt, long 111037152", in
<br />sec. 34, T.6 N., R. 7 E. (unsurveyed).
<br />
<br />Drainage area. --6, 185 mi2 (16,019 km2), at Bartlett Dam.
<br />
<br />Gage-height record. --Water~stage recorder graphs. Datum of gage on Horseshoe
<br />Reservoir is 1. 900. 00 it (579. 120 m) and on Bartlett Reservoir, 1,599.46 ft
<br />(487.515 m) above mean sea level.
<br />
<br />M. S I 1-15 1970' Contents 215 500 acre-it (266 hm3) Sept. 14.
<br />aXlma ~ - ep. ,. " 3) 9 20
<br />~'39 to August 1970: Contents, 315,800 acre-ft (389 hm Mar. 1, ,
<br />
<br />1968.
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<br />STATION DATA-GILA RIVER BASIN 117
<br />
<br />Reservoir system on Verde River at and below Horseshoe Dam, Ariz.-Continued
<br />
<br />Remarks. --Horseshoe Reservoir is formed by earthfill and rockfill darn; dam
<br />completed and storage began Nov. 15, 1945. Bartlett Reservoir is formed by
<br />concrete multiple-arch dam; dam completed May 1939 and storage began Feb. 5,
<br />1939. Total capacity of the two reservoirs is 317,700 acre-it (392 hm3) divided
<br />as follows: Horseshoe Reset-voir, 139, ZOO acre-ft (112 hm 3) at elevation 2, 026. 0 ft
<br />(617.52 m)-top of spillway gates and Bartlett Reservoir. 178,500 acre-ft (220 hm3)
<br />at elevation 1,787.46 ft (544.818 m)-top of spillway gates. No dead storage.
<br />Records given herein represent usable contents.
<br />
<br />Cooperation. --Capacity tables furnished by Salt River Valley Water Users' Association.
<br />
<br />Contents, in acre-feet, at 2400 hours on indicated day, 1970
<br />
<br />Day Contents Day Contents Day Contents
<br />Sept. 1 133,700 Sept. 6 205.400 Sept. 11 214,000
<br /> 2 133,500 7 209,400 12 214,8,00
<br /> 3 133,400 8 210,300 13 215,400
<br /> 4 133,100 9 211,700 14 215,500
<br /> 5 .. 155,000 10 212,800 15 214,800
<br />
<br />(116) 09510070. West Fork Sycamore Creek above McFarland Canyon
<br />near Sunflower, Ariz.
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<br />Location. --Lat 33"57'38", long 111029'12", in SEtSWt sec. 12, T. 7 N., R. B E.
<br />~rveyed), Maricopa County, in Tonto National Forest, on left bank 0.2 mi (0. 3 km)
<br />upstream from McFarland Canyon and 6.8 mi (10.9 krn) north of Sunflower.
<br />
<br />Drainage area. --4. 58 mi2 (11. 86 krn2).
<br />
<br />Gage-height record. --Water-stage recorder graph except Sept. 6-9. Gage-height record
<br />was estimated on the basis of adjacent record, normal recession, and flow at nearby
<br />stations. Altitude of gage is 4,380 it (1, 335 m), from topographic map.
<br />
<br />Discharge record. --Stage-discharge relation defined by cUrrent-meter measurements
<br />below 28 ft;jfs (0. 79 m3/s) and extended above on basis of weir and critical depth
<br />measurements of peak flow.
<br />
<br />Maxima. --Sept. 4-10, 1970: Discharge, 1,700 ft3/s (48. 1 m3/s) 153Q hours Sept, 5
<br />-----rgage height, 5.50 it or 1. 676 m).
<br />1965 to August 1970: Discharge, 430 ft3/s (12.2 m3/s) Dec. 22, 1965 (gage
<br />height, 4.45 it or 1. 356 m), from rating curve extended above 28 ft3/s (0. 79 m3/s)
<br />on basis of weir and critical depth measurements of peak flow.
<br />
<br />Day
<br />Sept. 4
<br />5
<br />6
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<br />Mean discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1970
<br />
<br />Discharge Day Discharge Day
<br />
<br />o Sept. 7 5.0 Sept. 9
<br />132 8 2.0 10
<br />20
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<br />Discharge
<br />1.5-
<br />1.1
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<br />Gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second, at indicated time, 1970
<br />
<br />Hour Gage Discharge Hour Gage Discharge Hour Gage Discharge
<br /> height height height
<br />Sept. 4 Sept. 5' Con. Sept. 5' Con.
<br />2400 0.77 0 1530 5. 50 1,700 1830 4.05 255
<br />Sept. 5' 1600 4.95 845 1900 4.10 275
<br />0800 1. 50 .12 1700 4.15 295 2200 3.60 130
<br />1400 1.53 .16 1730 4.95 845 2400 3.35 84
<br />1500 3.15 58 1800 4.20 315
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<br />*Dally mean computed from data 10 addition to figures shown.
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