About this river
Carrizo Creek is a 10.8 mile river near Arizona Rafting in Arizona. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Carrizo Creek near Show Low, AZ. (site 09496500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1951 to 2025
Carrizo Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 29 cfs, and lowest in June, at 2.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 10,900 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3 | 6.3 to 32 | |
| February | 16 | 6.9 to 60 | |
| March | 29 | 7.3 to 127 | |
| April | 11 | 6.0 to 30 | |
| May | 5.7 | 2.9 to 19 | |
| June | 2.8 | 0.9 to 13 | |
| July | 4.6 | 1.1 to 14 | |
| August | 6.1 | 2.2 to 17 | |
| September | 4.2 | 1.8 to 8.0 | |
| October | 4.7 | 2.6 to 8.8 | |
| November | 6.5 | 4.8 to 11 | |
| December | 7.0 | 5.3 to 13 |
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 67 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Carrizo Creek near Show Low, AZ. (site 09496500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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