Hydrologic and Paleohydrologic Assessment of the 1993 Floods on the Verde River, Central Arizona

The Verde River experienced very large floods in January and February of 1993 during a major episode of flooding that affected most of the large drainages in Arizona. The January flood peak discharge on the lower Verde River (4,100 m3 S-l) was the largest of the gage record, and the February flood peak (3,650 m3 S-l) was the second largest. These large, very recent floods provide an exceptional opportunity to investigate the genesis of large floods on the Verde River, to compare the sizes of the 1993 floods with other large historical and prehistoric floods, and to evaluate the fidelity with which slackwater deposits and other paleostage indicators reflect the peak water surface.Documents in the AZGS Document Repository collection are made available by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact azgs-info@email.arizona.edu