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Show __2__ I. "Salt River at McDowell, Arizona:1 Location-Lat. 33° 33', long. Ill0 39', in NE yA sec. 5, T 2 N, R. 7 E., unsurveyed, 1.7 miles or less upstream from Verde River and 6*4 miles south of McDowell (also called Ft. McDowell). Drainage Area-6280 sq. mi., approximately. Gage-Staff gages, presumably for entire period of record. Little is known about the gages in use in 1895-96 and 1907-10 except that they were within the reach from Verde River to a point 1.7 miles upstream, the same as were all other gages. Datums of gages are as follows: Jan. 1, 1901, to April 2, 1903, 1,323.59 feet; May 19, 1903, to April 4, 1905, 1,336.27 feet; April 15 to September 1, 1905, 1,330.62 feet; September 2, 1905, to 1907 and perhaps later, 1,326.62 feet; all datums are referred to mean sea level, Geological Survey datum at the time. Average Discharge-9 years (1897-99, 1903-10), 1,562 cfs. Extremes-1895-1910: Maximum daily discharge, 138,000 cfs November 27, 1905 (gage height, 21.2 feet, datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 60,000 cfs; minimum daily, 38 cfs July 14, 1904. Remarks-Diversions for irrigation above station. No storage above station until construction of Roosevelt Dam caused some regulation in November 1908 and perhaps some small effect earlier; full-scale storage at Roosevelt Dam began in the first half of 1910. Published as "above mouth of Verde River," 1895-96 and as "at McDowell, near Lehi," 1903. Source: U.S.G.S. WSP #1313, page 682. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |