Painted Rock Reservoir
- Lake name:
- Painted Rock Reservoir
- Location:
- Arizona
- HydroLAKE ID:
- 108546
- GRanD ID:
- 347
- Latitude:
- 45.717058
- Longitude:
- -114.281904
- Surface area (km2):
- 1.4
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Dam completion date:
- 1960
- Management agency:
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Lake use:
- flood control
- Region associations:
- Gila River, Gila Bend Basin, Colorado River
- Comments:
- The Gila River drains the Gila Bend Basin exiting at Painted Rocks Reservoir. The Gila River had run dry for several years until 2010. Nitrate concentrations are high in this area of the basin.
Summary of Surveys (2)
Survey Citation:
Jenness, D. 2020. Extreme water level fluctuations limit breeding of western and Clark's grebes at San Carlos Lake, Arizona. Arizona Birds - Journal of Arizona Field Ornithologists. Volume 2020. Arizona.
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Time period
N/A -
Source
Article -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 2006 or prior |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | ? |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | ? |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | 2006 or prior |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Not a survey but a statement that Western grebe nested irregularly at Painted Rock Reservoir historically but does not state which years (Monson and Phillips 1981, Rosenbert et al. 1991).
Survey Citation:
Corman, T. E., and C. Wise-Gervais. 2005. Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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Time period
1993, 2000 -
Source
Book -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 1993 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 1993 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | 1993 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | 1993 |
| Max Chicks | 1 to 100 | presence | 1993 |
| Most Recent Chicks | 1 to 100 | presence | 1993 |
Comments:
Surveys were conducted between 1993 and 2000 for this atlas. Volunteer surveyors for the atlas noted adults with chicks on 28 August (no year stated), possibly 1993. "Irregular" nesting here (Monson and Phillips 1981, Rosenberg et. al 1991).
Sources of Information
- Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Gila River Earth Science Picture of the Day
- Gila Bend Basin Groundwater Quality Fact Sheet