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USGS 05481300 Des Moines River near Stratford, IA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°15'08.1",   Longitude 93°59'50.88"   NAD83
Webster County, Iowa, Hydrologic Unit 07100004
Drainage area: 5,452 square miles
Datum of gage: 893.61 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-10-29  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1967-10-01  2025-10-28  21213 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1967-10-01  2025-08-26 21150 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1967-10  2025-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1968  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1968-07-19  2024-06-27  57 
 Field measurements 1967-04-06  2025-08-27  654 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1968-10-02  2012-07-26  179 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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