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USGS 05454500 Iowa River at Iowa City, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°39'24.06",   Longitude 91°32'27.6"   NAD83
Johnson County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07080209
Drainage area: 3,271 square miles
Datum of gage: 617.10 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1944-01-01  1987-09-29  12708 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-06-01  2025-10-24  44703 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1968-10-01  1981-09-28  3047 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1943-10-01  1987-09-29  15739 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1943-10-01  1987-09-29  16023 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, laboratory, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1981-10-02  1987-09-29  1290 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-06-01  2025-07-13 44604 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1943-10-01  1987-09-29 15739 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1943-10-01  1987-09-29 16023 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903-06  2025-07  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1943-10  1987-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1943-10  1987-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1944  1987  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1944  1987  
 Peak streamflow 1851-06  2024-05-29  124 
 Field measurements 1903-06-02  2025-09-22  1391 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1901-01-01  2012-08-23  698 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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