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USGS 05455000 Ralston Creek at Iowa City, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°39'50",   Longitude 91°30'48"   NAD27
Johnson County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07080209
Drainage area: 3.01 square miles
Datum of gage: 663.27 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  1987-09-30  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1960-10-01  1987-09-08  8966 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924-09-01  1987-09-30  23040 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1968-04-19  1981-09-29  4676 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1952-04-04  1987-09-29  10415 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1952-04-01  1987-09-29  12807 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, laboratory, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1981-10-01  1987-09-28  1816 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924-09-01  1987-09-30 23040 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1952-04-04  1987-09-29 10415 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1952-04-01  1987-09-29 12807 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924-09  1987-09  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1952-04  1987-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1952-04  1987-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1924  1987  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1952  1987  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1952  1987  
 Peak streamflow 1925-09-08  1987-06-19  63 
 Field measurements 1935-03-04  1994-08-18  623 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1954-04-06  1988-01-06  195 
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