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USGS 05388250 Upper Iowa River near Dorchester, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 43°25'16",   Longitude 91°30'31"   NAD27
Allamakee County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07060002
Drainage area: 770 square miles
Datum of gage: 659.80 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
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1977-10-01  1981-09-15  1264 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10-01  2025-10-19  18738 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1975-07-01  1981-09-15  2089 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1975-07-01  1981-09-29  2283 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1975-07-01  1981-09-29  2283 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10-01  2025-07-07 18634 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1975-07-01  1981-09-29 2283 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1975-07-01  1981-09-29 2283 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10  2025-07  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1975-07  1981-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1975-07  1981-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1975  1981  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1975  1981  
 Peak streamflow 1939-03-14  2024-06-25  51 
 Field measurements 1936-10-01  2025-09-10  707 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1975-07-15  2001-11-14  201 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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