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West Fork Pinto Creek in Arizona

Stream10.9 mi
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Around West Fork Pinto Creek

2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

West Fork Pinto Creek is a 10.9 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pinto Creek near Miami, AZ (site 09498502). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1995 to 2025

West Fork Pinto Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 3.0 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,960 cfs, in 2005.

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Typical flow by month at Pinto Creek near Miami, AZ, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1.60.1 to 3.7
February2.01.0 to 13
March3.01.1 to 14
April2.81.1 to 5.5
May2.61.0 to 4.1
June2.00.5 to 3.2
July1.60.5 to 2.6
August1.30.3 to 2.4
September1.10.1 to 1.7
October0.80.2 to 1.6
November0.90.1 to 1.6
December0.90.0 to 2.0

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 30 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pinto Creek near Miami, AZ (site 09498502). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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