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ARIZONA · GILA COUNTY

Carrizo

92 people, 5,870 ft above sea level in Gila County.

5,870 ftElevation, city center
92People, 2024 estimate
9 sq miLand area
Sunny 48°
Sunny now Dew point 41° · WSW 17 mph · high 45°
City of Carrizo River Interstate 2 miles
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The Carrizo plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Carrizo

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM MST
RIGHT NOW Show Low Regional Airport (KSOW) · 3:35 PM
Sunny
48° Sunny Feels like 42° · high of 45° near 3 PM
WindWSW 17 mphno gusts
Humidity76%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.03 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index0 nowlow
Dew point 41° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Partly cloudy
Tuesday, around noonin about 68 hours · 59% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT0.3–1.2 inmost likely 0.5; 1 in 10 over 1.6
LAST RAINNov. 70.1 in · 7 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Gila County
NWS Phoenix and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:52 AM5:18 PM ↓
10 h 25 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
2
GOODAir quality index · coarse particles
Tomorrow: 10, good. No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 35 to 46°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
45° 36°
20% rain — WSW 3 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
57° 36°
0% rain — NNE 2 A
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
58° 42°
0% rain — SSE 5 A
TUE Nov. 17 Showers likely Showers likely
52° 38°
80% rain 0.3–1.2″ SSW 8 C
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
52° 35°
0% rain — SSW 1 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
55° 37°
20% rain — SSW 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
48° 31°
40% rain up to 0.2″ SW 2 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Carrizo about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the southern Rockies three days ago, about 540 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. It came down from about 8,900 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from the Rockies; at 10,000 feet, from the California coast. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Carrizo stands on

Carrizo’s center stands about 5,870 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,810 ft to 6,210 ft, a difference of 1,400 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Burke Mountain, about 7,090 ft, 15 miles north.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Permian to Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale, limestone), from the Middle Pennsylvanian to Permian, 280 to 310 million years old.

The section below crosses 3 rock units mapped at the surface.

Carrizo, cut in half from south to north

A section south to north, 24 miles through the town center
5,000 ft6,000 ft CARRIZO5,870 ftCedar Creekabout 4,490 ftCarrizo Creekabout 4,420 ftHigh point of the line6,660 ft ← SN →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 9×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Permian to Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks

Sandstone, shale, limestone. Age: Middle Pennsylvanian to Permian, 280 to 310 million years old. About 18 mi of the line.

Permian sedimentary rocks

Sandstone, limestone. Age: Permian, 270 to 280 million years old. About 4 mi of the line.

Oligocene to Paleocene[?] sedimentary rocks

Conglomerate, sandstone. Age: Early Paleocene to Early Oligocene, 30 to 65 million years old. About 2 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Carrizo’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Carrizo reaches the Gulf of California by way of Carrizo Creek, the Salt River, the Gila and the Colorado: about 540 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Carrizo≈ 540 mi · the Gulf of California
FROM THE CENTER OF CARRIZO ≈ 540 mi to the Gulf of California Carrizo Creek → Salt River → Gila → Colorado

200 miles of the trip are on the Gila.

Often dry. About 40% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

Seldom reaches the sea. Dams and canals now take nearly all of the Colorado before its old delta in Mexico.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Carrizo; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Carrizo on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Mesa AZ · 89 MI 89 miles southwest Gilbert AZ · 94 MI 94 miles southwest Phoenix AZ · 105 MI 105 miles west Tucson AZ · 130 MI 130 miles south
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ARIZONA · GILA

Carrizo

92 people, 5,870 ft above sea level in Gila County.

5,870 ftElevation
92People
9 sq miLand
Sunny 48°
SunnyDew point 41°
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Today in Carrizo

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 45° 0%
6p partly cloudy night 43° 2%
9p mostly clear night 42° 0%
12a mostly clear night 39° 0%
3a mostly clear night 38° 0%
6a mostly clear night 36° 0%
Partly cloudy
NEXT RAINTuesday around noon · 59%
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Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Carrizo stands on

Carrizo’s center stands about 5,870 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 4,810 ft to 6,210 ft, a difference of 1,400 ft: steep hill country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Burke Mountain, about 7,090 ft, 15 miles north.

Carrizo, south to north Carrizo5,870 ftCedar Creekabout 4,490 ftCarrizo Creekabout 4,420 ft ← SN → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 16×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center5,870 ft
Within 3 miles4,810 to 6,210 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (1,400 ft of relief)
High point nearbyBurke Mountain, 7,090 ft, 15 mi north
Rock at the surfacePermian to Pennsylvanian sedimentary rocks
Its ageMiddle Pennsylvanian to Permian, 280 to 310 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 540 mito the Gulf of CaliforniaCarrizo Creek → Salt River → Gila → Colorado

A raindrop that lands in Carrizo reaches the Gulf of California by way of Carrizo Creek, the Salt River, the Gila and the Colorado: about 540 river miles.

200 miles of the trip are on the Gila.

Often dry. About 40% of the way is mapped as streams that run only after rain or snowmelt; the water makes the whole trip in floods.

Seldom reaches the sea. Dams and canals now take nearly all of the Colorado before its old delta in Mexico.