Tonto Creek in Arizona
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Around Tonto Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Tonto Creek is a 62.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tonto Creek above Gun Creek, near Roosevelt, AZ (site 09499000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1941 to 2026
Tonto Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 114 cfs, and lowest in July, at 4.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 36,700 cfs, in 1993.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 35 | 18 to 159 |
| February | 66 | 23 to 268 |
| March | 114 | 33 to 409 |
| April | 51 | 21 to 143 |
| May | 20 | 9.3 to 38 |
| June | 5.5 | 1.2 to 14 |
| July | 4.3 | 0.0 to 17 |
| August | 16 | 5.3 to 37 |
| September | 9.2 | 3.0 to 20 |
| October | 8.4 | 3.9 to 18 |
| November | 16 | 9.2 to 27 |
| December | 22 | 14 to 48 |
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 Tonto Creek above Gun Creek, near Roosevelt, AZ (site 09499000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
3 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Tonto Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Roosevelt Lake - 3Salt River - Roosevelt LakePublic
- Roosevelt Lake - 2Salt River - Roosevelt LakePublic
- Roosevelt Lake - 1Salt River - Roosevelt LakePublic
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