Feb 23, 2020
Widespread rain, moderate to heavy at times, occurred on Saturday February 22nd and the excessive rain eventually led to episodes of areal flooding across higher terrain areas to the east of Phoenix. One of the more problematic areas was the Tonto Creek basin; rainfall amounts of 3 inches or more along the basin and upstream caused areal flooding to occur and forced the closure of several low water crossings. Rainfall diminished during the afternoon and evening on the 22nd allowing streamflow to
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 870543). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Gila County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.