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USGS Daily Statistics for Iowa

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USGS 05458900 West Fork Cedar River at Finchford, IA


Black Hawk County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 07080204
Latitude  42°37'45.94", Longitude  92°32'36.68" NAD83
Drainage area 846  square miles
Gage datum 867.06 feet above NAVD88
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00060, Discharge, cubic feet per second,
Day of
month		 Mean of daily mean values for each day for water year of record in, ft3/s   (Calculation Period 1945-10-01 -> 2025-09-30)

Calculation period restricted by USGS staff due to special conditions at/near site
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1 294 188 658 1,430 1,050 1,200 1,270 498 400 427 361 317
2 276 198 661 1,350 1,060 1,160 1,160 461 383 430 377 317
3 262 204 653 1,250 1,080 1,100 1,090 450 382 414 382 318
4 249 204 650 1,240 1,050 1,010 994 445 379 397 378 313
5 239 208 661 1,230 1,020 962 942 428 354 388 366 307
6 258 221 725 1,280 1,020 968 902 415 345 378 356 306
7 245 213 823 1,260 1,020 979 893 416 359 369 350 300
8 231 203 872 1,200 1,030 960 919 416 385 368 345 301
9 226 206 798 1,060 1,030 1,000 969 394 390 394 341 297
10 212 223 768 971 1,040 1,210 1,030 370 379 417 333 285
11 205 263 764 928 1,020 1,190 953 364 359 413 326 275
12 203 261 781 915 985 1,100 908 361 352 424 332 267
13 198 261 847 939 972 1,130 846 364 337 430 331 270
14 193 267 969 996 957 1,090 812 362 316 425 329 283
15 187 280 1,100 1,040 945 1,130 776 340 300 409 327 297
16 183 290 1,210 1,070 939 1,090 732 325 286 391 320 299
17 188 310 1,250 1,080 1,010 1,080 717 316 273 378 315 299
18 197 345 1,240 1,080 1,040 1,090 693 318 264 370 317 295
19 202 404 1,300 1,050 1,020 1,110 751 321 272 369 324 286
20 209 457 1,250 1,030 1,060 1,310 743 341 318 354 332 280
21 218 503 1,230 1,020 1,040 1,330 711 363 460 348 340 271
22 222 552 1,210 1,010 1,040 1,370 674 387 548 352 342 261
23 222 565 1,180 990 1,030 1,420 671 417 564 357 341 253
24 222 568 1,160 968 1,050 1,400 657 420 512 367 337 244
25 215 553 1,150 953 1,100 1,450 629 424 496 374 328 245
26 211 523 1,170 973 1,080 1,560 608 463 515 376 319 248
27 204 546 1,290 1,000 1,080 1,700 606 432 476 367 316 255
28 197 613 1,270 1,000 1,120 1,520 593 409 446 356 320 276
29 191 669 1,310 1,010 1,210 1,410 708 402 431 348 321 288
30 188   1,510 1,090 1,260 1,290 711 409 429 347 318 296
31 183   1,380   1,220   570 405   350   307