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USGS Daily Statistics for Iowa

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USGS 05476750 Des Moines River at Humboldt, IA


Humboldt County, Iowa
Hydrologic Unit Code 07100002
Latitude  42°43'10", Longitude  94°13'13" NAD83
Drainage area 2,256  square miles
Gage datum 1,053.73 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 1964-10-01 -> 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
1 426 273 682 2,500 2,480 2,250 2,720 948 635 848 780 648
2 404 270 709 2,540 2,520 2,210 2,630 885 627 888 779 638
3 389 275 717 2,550 2,580 2,170 2,570 831 584 916 776 616
4 383 281 748 2,590 2,610 2,120 2,450 778 545 917 770 606
5 373 280 786 2,620 2,590 2,150 2,360 751 544 922 758 576
6 364 271 840 2,650 2,540 2,160 2,330 755 574 935 735 554
7 357 262 862 2,700 2,480 2,140 2,260 721 592 947 719 527
8 346 263 887 2,700 2,460 2,200 2,190 701 590 971 704 515
9 334 267 906 2,670 2,470 2,150 2,140 677 558 1,010 690 497
10 323 296 966 2,660 2,450 2,090 2,130 667 527 1,030 691 484
11 315 306 1,040 2,700 2,420 2,060 2,130 655 495 1,040 713 479
12 305 317 1,110 2,800 2,400 2,070 2,080 650 470 1,030 713 480
13 303 321 1,220 2,960 2,430 2,140 2,060 631 485 1,010 714 490
14 297 321 1,320 3,030 2,480 2,210 2,030 630 513 982 700 496
15 276 344 1,430 3,050 2,510 2,310 1,930 631 535 958 704 508
16 268 327 1,570 3,050 2,470 2,410 1,830 620 577 924 715 521
17 268 326 1,650 3,000 2,420 2,490 1,740 634 607 898 717 525
18 270 368 1,700 2,910 2,380 2,570 1,680 646 611 895 739 528
19 270 429 1,770 2,810 2,330 2,580 1,620 654 622 900 746 516
20 274 508 1,890 2,790 2,280 2,520 1,530 677 684 896 750 500
21 276 563 1,900 2,750 2,230 2,500 1,450 708 764 894 759 474
22 282 597 1,890 2,730 2,230 2,560 1,400 772 803 883 767 455
23 283 623 1,910 2,700 2,260 2,710 1,380 787 805 880 766 445
24 275 632 1,920 2,650 2,290 2,800 1,350 770 830 882 747 432
25 268 627 1,970 2,610 2,290 2,830 1,300 753 851 871 708 436
26 260 598 2,020 2,550 2,270 2,940 1,250 727 874 844 690 439
27 257 600 2,090 2,510 2,290 2,960 1,200 708 874 833 672 448
28 256 618 2,160 2,500 2,320 2,920 1,190 686 846 828 657 464
29 258 818 2,250 2,490 2,340 2,850 1,180 687 824 826 642 464
30 261   2,340 2,480 2,350 2,780 1,110 682 819 821 651 468
31 265   2,430   2,300   1,030 653   801   444