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USGS 05471050 South Skunk River at Colfax, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°40'54.5",   Longitude 93°14'48.6"   NAD83
Jasper County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07080105
Drainage area: 803 square miles
Datum of gage: 770.00 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  2025-10-19  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1988-10-04  1993-12-30  1370 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1985-10-01  2025-10-18  14621 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1988-10-01  1993-12-31  1918 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1988-10-01  1993-12-31  1918 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, laboratory, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius -- sediment station  1988-10-04  1993-12-30  1392 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1985-10-01  2025-09-07 14580 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1988-10-01  1993-12-31 1918 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1988-10-01  1993-12-31 1918 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1985-10  2025-09  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1988-10  1993-12  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1988-10  1993-12  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1986  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter -- sediment station  1989  1994  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day -- sediment station  1989  1994  
 Peak streamflow 1986-07-01  2024-10-01  40 
 Field measurements 1957-09-19  2025-09-08  409 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1970-07-13  2002-01-23  197 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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