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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 -> 2024-09-30)

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
1 297 189 665 1,440 1,040 1,210 1,260 498 400 431 365 320
2 278 200 668 1,350 1,050 1,170 1,150 461 383 440 380 320
3 265 206 659 1,250 1,070 1,110 1,080 450 382 418 385 321
4 251 206 656 1,240 1,040 1,010 994 445 379 401 381 316
5 241 210 666 1,230 1,020 966 942 428 354 392 368 309
6 260 222 739 1,280 1,020 972 900 415 345 382 358 308
7 247 215 829 1,270 1,020 982 888 416 359 373 352 303
8 233 204 879 1,200 1,030 963 913 416 385 372 347 304
9 228 207 803 1,060 1,030 1,010 966 394 390 398 343 299
10 214 225 770 975 1,040 1,220 1,020 370 379 422 336 288
11 207 266 764 932 1,030 1,190 947 364 359 417 328 278
12 205 263 780 920 989 1,100 896 361 352 428 334 270
13 199 264 849 944 976 1,140 827 364 337 434 334 273
14 194 269 974 1,000 961 1,090 785 362 316 429 331 286
15 188 282 1,110 1,050 950 1,130 744 340 300 413 330 300
16 185 293 1,210 1,080 944 1,090 708 325 286 395 322 302
17 189 313 1,260 1,090 1,020 1,080 705 316 273 381 317 301
18 199 348 1,250 1,090 1,040 1,080 686 318 264 373 320 297
19 204 408 1,310 1,060 1,020 1,110 745 321 272 373 326 289
20 211 462 1,280 1,030 1,070 1,300 731 341 318 357 334 282
21 220 509 1,240 1,020 1,040 1,310 693 363 460 351 342 273
22 224 558 1,210 1,000 1,040 1,360 650 387 548 355 344 263
23 224 571 1,190 980 1,030 1,410 643 417 564 361 343 255
24 224 574 1,160 951 1,050 1,390 625 420 512 370 339 246
25 217 558 1,150 930 1,100 1,450 595 424 496 378 330 247
26 213 528 1,180 947 1,080 1,560 576 463 520 380 321 250
27 206 551 1,300 974 1,080 1,700 571 432 481 371 318 258
28 199 619 1,280 975 1,130 1,510 593 409 450 360 322 278
29 192 669 1,310 986 1,220 1,400 708 402 435 351 323 290
30 189   1,520 1,070 1,260 1,280 711 409 433 351 321 298
31 185   1,390   1,230   570 405   353   309