USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
09427500 LAKE HAVASU NEAR PARKER DAM, AZ-CA
LOCATION - Lat 34°18'58", long 114°09'23" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.28, T.3 N., R.27 E., San Bernardino County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 15030101, San Bernardino meridian, at intake pumping plant for Colorado River aqueduct of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, 1.8 mi upstream from Parker Dam on Colorado River, and 149 mi downstream from Hoover Dam.
DRAINAGE AREA - 182,700 mi² of which 4,000 mi² probably is noncontributing. Great Divide basin in southern Wyoming is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WRD Ariz. 1975: 1974 (elevation).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - July 1938 to current year. Published as "Parker Reservoir near Parker Dam" 1938.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is sea level.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum storage, 693,000 acre-ft, by temporary use of flashboards, April 18, 1943, June 4, 1953; maximum elevation, 451.23 ft. May 27, 1988, affected by wind; minimum storage, 71,400 acre-ft June 25, 1942, elevation, 412.09 ft.