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USGS 05418500 Maquoketa River near Maquoketa, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°05'00.07",   Longitude 90°37'58.5"   NAD83
Jackson County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07060006
Drainage area: 1,553 square miles
Datum of gage: 625.63 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1989-10-01  2025-12-14  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1978-03-22  2004-08-31  1369 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913-09-01  2025-12-13  41012 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1978-03-22  1981-09-29  605 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1978-03-25  2004-09-29  4103 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1978-03-25  2004-09-29  4103 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, laboratory, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1981-10-07  2004-08-31  957 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913-09-01  2025-09-03 40911 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1978-03-25  2004-09-29 4103 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1978-03-25  2004-09-29 4103 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913-09  2025-09  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1978-03  2004-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1978-03  2004-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1913  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1978  2004  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1978  2004  
 Peak streamflow 1903  2024-05-27  112 
 Field measurements 1913-08-21  2025-09-04  1144 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1944-06-27  2019-11-12  238 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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