USGS Streamgage 09379200
Chinle Creek near Mexican Water, AZ
Chinle Creek near Mexican Water, AZ is USGS streamgage 09379200 in Arizona, monitoring river discharge in hydrologic subbasin 14080204. It drains a watershed of about 3,650 square miles. Discharge records at this site go back to 1963. Typical flow runs near 0.3 cfs in July and 1.6 cfs in April, with the higher of the two arriving in April.
Gauge details
- State
- Arizona
- Drainage area
- 3,650 sq mi
- Gauge elevation
- 4,731 ft
- Subbasin (HUC-8)
- 14080204
- Coordinates
- 36.94389, -109.71069
- USGS site number
- 09379200
- Records begin
- 1963-01-01 (63 years)
Typical flow by month
Long-term daily discharge percentiles from the USGS record (up to 62 years of data), averaged within each month. These describe the historical normal range — they are not a forecast and not today's reading.
| Month | Low p10 | Typical p50 | High p90 | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7 | 3.5 | 22.8 | |
| February | 1.3 | 5.2 | 44.7 | |
| March | 0.8 | 3.6 | 53.1 | |
| April | 0.5 | 1.6 | 140.6 | |
| May | 0.1 | 0.8 | 134.3 | |
| June | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | |
| July | 0 | 0.3 | 45.3 | |
| August | 0 | 1.2 | 117.1 | |
| September | 0 | 1.1 | 74.3 | |
| October | 0 | 2.7 | 44.7 | |
| November | 0.4 | 3.3 | 19 | |
| December | 0.5 | 2.6 | 13.5 |
All values in cubic feet per second (cfs).