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USGS 05471500 South Skunk River near Oskaloosa, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°21'20.53",   Longitude 92°39'26.48"   NAD83
Mahaska County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07080105
Drainage area: 1,635 square miles
Datum of gage: 685.08 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-16  2024-04-18  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-10-01  2024-04-17  28689 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-10-01  2024-01-07 28588 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-10  2024-01  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1946  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1944-05  2023-03-01  79 
 Field measurements 1945-09-20  2024-03-04  788 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples 1946-05-23  2001-10-03  227 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  18 
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