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GILA RIVER AT HEAD OF SAFFORD VALLEY, NR SOLOMON, (USGS-09448500) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS Arizona Water Science Center (identifier USGS-AZ), has the name "GILA RIVER AT HEAD OF SAFFORD VALLEY, NR SOLOMON," and has the identifier USGS-09448500. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)15040005. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 7856.78 sq mi and the contributing drainage area is 7856.78 sq mi.

This site is located in Graham County County, Arizona at 32.88272220000000 degrees latitude and -109.4796056000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 3096.66 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .18 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-09448500" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton 1976 - 2000
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Cyanobacteria, Periphyton 1976 - 1979
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1976 - 1979
Biological, Counts 1976 - 1979
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1976 - 1979
Information 1965 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1976 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1976 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1976 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1976 - 2019
Microbiological 1976 - 2019
Nutrient 1976 - 2019
Organics, Other 1976 - 2002
Organics, PCBs 1976 - 1976
Organics, Pesticide 1976 - 1976
Physical 1965 - 2019
Radiochemical 1981 - 1998
Sediment 1965 - 2019
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-AZ
OrganizationFormalName USGS Arizona Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-09448500
MonitoringLocationName GILA RIVER AT HEAD OF SAFFORD VALLEY, NR SOLOMON,
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 15040005
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 7856.78
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 7856.78
ContributingDrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 32.88272220000000
LongitudeMeasure -109.4796056000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 3096.66
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .18
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 04
CountyCode 009
ProviderName NWIS