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USGS 05517000 YELLOW RIVER AT KNOX, IN

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°18'10",   Longitude 86°37'14"   NAD27
Starke County, Indiana, Hydrologic Unit 07120001
Drainage area: 435 square miles
Datum of gage: 679.69 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1987-10-01  2025-10-15  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-05-11  2025-10-14  14525 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1943-10-01  2025-10-14  29965 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- EXO  2019-04-05  2025-10-14  6687 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- 6 series  2012-05-11  2020-08-15  7972 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-05-11  2024-12-15 4557 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1943-10-01  2025-07-06 29865 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- EXO  2019-04-05  2024-12-04 1947 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- 6 series  2012-05-11  2020-08-15 2653 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012-05  2024-12  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1943-10  2025-07  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- EXO  2019-04  2024-12  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- 6 series  2012-05  2020-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2012  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1944  2025  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- EXO  2019  2025  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- 6 series  2012  2020  
 Peak streamflow 1944-03-19  2023-03-02  80 
 Field measurements 1943-03-17  2025-08-18  347 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1999-07-01  2024-02-29  187 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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