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  • UPDATE, 11/9: As of November 8, the USGS has successfully restored all of the operational gages that stopped transmitting due to an issue with the satellite telemetry system that records and transmits data. The USGS will now focus on restoring other equipment that experienced the telemetry issues, including about 85 rapid deployment gages that are used periodically for emergency response. Read more

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USGS 05484800 Walnut Creek at Des Moines, IA

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All 2 Available Parameters for this site
   
00060 Discharge 1990-10-01  2018-11-12
00065 Gage height 2017-11-23  2018-11-12

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 37.9 11-12-2018   23:45 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 13 based on 47 years of record more
Min
(1977)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 13		 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2011)
0.61 7.9 20 37 37.9 45 294

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.50 11-12-2018   23:45 CST
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