LOCATION.--Lat 41°33'42", long 93°42'12"
referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4
sec.14, T.78 N., R.25 W., Polk County, IA, Hydrologic Unit 07100006,
on right bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 28 in Des
Moines, 2.9 mi upstream from Walnut Creek, and 8.6 mi upstream from
mouth. (map)
DRAINAGE AREA.--3,529 mi2.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Stage-only records from October 1991 to
September 1996; discharge records from October 1996 to current
year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 773.91 ft above
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.