Cliff Creek Outfitters Tours and Rentals
Santa Cruz Wash near Cliff Creek Outfitters Tours and Rentals
About this river
Santa Cruz Wash is an 8.6 mile river near Cliff Creek Outfitters Tours and Rentals in Arizona. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Santa Cruz River near Laveen, AZ. (site 09489000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Santa Cruz Wash typically runs highest in August, at a median 0.1 cfs, and lowest in April, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 18,000 cfs, in 1984.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.5 | |
| February | 0.1 | 0.0 to 2.0 | |
| March | 0.1 | 0.0 to 2.7 | |
| April | 0.0 | 0.0 to 1.9 | |
| May | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.6 | |
| June | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| July | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.6 | |
| August | 0.1 | 0.0 to 5.5 | |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 2.2 | |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.3 | |
| November | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.1 | |
| December | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.8 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 85 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Santa Cruz River near Laveen, AZ. (site 09489000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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