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USGS 05479000 East Fork Des Moines River at Dakota City, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°43'25",   Longitude 94°11'35.7"   NAD83
Humboldt County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100003
Drainage area: 1,308 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,038.90 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-11-15  2026-01-22  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-03-01  2026-01-21  31369 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-03-01  2025-12-02 31323 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-03  2025-12  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2026  
 Peak streamflow 1938-09  2025-08-01  86 
 Field measurements 1954-06-07  2026-01-20  847 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1968-10-03  2007-04-02  192 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  20 
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OPERATION:
Record for this site is maintained by the USGS Iowa Water Science Center
Email questions about this site to Iowa Water Science Center Water-Data Inquiries