Nibi Metrics
Real-time water levels, forecasts, and alerts for lakes and rivers across Canada and the US. Built on official government data.
Nibi Metrics turns raw gauge readings from official hydrometric networks into something a person standing on a dock can actually use: is the water high or low for today, which way is it moving, and how unusual is this? This page explains where every number on the platform comes from and what we do to it along the way.
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Cataract Creek below Heather Wash near Supai Water Level
Live river level, flow, historical records and forecast for Cataract Creek below Heather Wash near Supai in AZ, United States, built from official government gauge data.
- Location AZ, United States
- Watershed havasu canyon
- Primary gauge 09404107 (USGS)
About Cataract Creek below Heather Wash near Supai
Cataract Creek below Heather Wash near Supai - a dynamic desert waterway.
Cataract Creek winds its way through the high desert landscape of Havasu Canyon in Arizona. This segment of the creek, located below Heather Wash, is shaped by the region's distinctive hydrology, where summer monsoon thunderstorms can trigger rapid flash flooding, while winter storms provide vital inflows as snowmelt courses from the higher elevations.
Why the data matters here
This station on Cataract Creek is part of a larger monitoring effort by the U.S. Geological Survey. It covers a catchment area of approximately 2,535 square miles upstream, capturing the intricate interactions between rain events, snowmelt, and the creek's natural flow. While this particular gauge does not measure discharge, it plays a critical role in understanding the water dynamics of the region.
With 18 years of historical data, the readings from Cataract Creek below Heather Wash offer crucial insights into seasonal fluctuations and long-term trends. Today's measurement provides a snapshot against the median for this calendar day, allowing for comparisons that are more informative than raw elevations alone. This context is invaluable for understanding how extreme weather patterns influence the creek, particularly in a region where dry channels can dominate between significant rainfall events. Keeping an eye on these figures helps inform local residents, farmers, and flood-watchers about the current state and potential changes in this vital water source.
How this page is built
Readings come from official government gauges and are rolled into daily records: the daily mean, high and low for every day on record. Each calendar day gets its own baseline from the full history, so the level you see is compared against what this specific date usually looks like rather than an annual average.
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