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USGS 05462000 Shell Rock River at Shell Rock, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°42'42.93",   Longitude 92°34'58.68"   NAD83
Butler County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07080202
Drainage area: 1,746 square miles
Datum of gage: 885.36 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  2025-10-27  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1953-06-12  1968-09-17  10890 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953-06-11  2025-10-26  23879 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953-06-11  2025-07-27 23788 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953-06  2025-07  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1953  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1856  2024-06-24  72 
 Field measurements 1953-06-23  2025-09-17  745 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1968-11-20  2019-12-18  224 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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