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USGS 05481950 Beaver Creek near Grimes, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°41'18",   Longitude 93°44'05"   NAD83
Polk County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100004
Drainage area: 358 square miles
Datum of gage: 806.55 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-10-20  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960-04-20  2025-10-19  23924 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960-04-20  2025-07-27 23840 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960-04  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1960  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1960-05-26  2024-10-01  66 
 Field measurements 1960-02-16  2025-09-22  753 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1984-02-07  2012-08-21  136 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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